Plutonium Biokinetics in Human Body A. Luciani - Kit-Bibliothek - FZK
Plutonium Biokinetics in Human Body A. Luciani - Kit-Bibliothek - FZK
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from the ICRP 67 model. At the top there is also a brief explanation from which experimental<br />
data (ur<strong>in</strong>ary excretion, fecal excretion, blood content or partition<strong>in</strong>g ratio from autopsy<br />
studies) they were estimated or calculated. The affected compartments of the gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al<br />
tract are also <strong>in</strong>cluded.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> characteristics of the work models that are <strong>in</strong>troduced and discussed <strong>in</strong> the<br />
presented paragraph are summarized <strong>in</strong> Table 3.1.11.<br />
1 Transfer rates derived from blood activity<br />
2 Transfer rates optimized on ur<strong>in</strong>ary excretion<br />
soft tissue<br />
ST2<br />
soft tissue<br />
ST0<br />
soft tissue<br />
ST1<br />
Deleted<br />
Connection<br />
1<br />
kidney<br />
tissue<br />
ur<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
path<br />
2<br />
gonads liver 2 liver 1<br />
bladder<br />
content<br />
ur<strong>in</strong>e<br />
2<br />
2<br />
3<br />
blood<br />
cortical<br />
marrow<br />
cortical<br />
surface<br />
cortical<br />
volume<br />
Figure 3.1.12 The start<strong>in</strong>g model <strong>in</strong> the optimization procedure (ICRP67-a-Polig) with the<br />
affected gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al tract compartments. The transfer rates successively<br />
modified are also po<strong>in</strong>ted out with numbered arrows.<br />
First of all Figure 3.1.8 suggests that the transfer rate from the ST0 soft tissue<br />
compartment almost exclusively determ<strong>in</strong>es the activity <strong>in</strong> the blood for the first 20 days after<br />
the <strong>in</strong>jection. At longer time the effect is approximately constant and comparable to the<br />
contribution of other organs and tissues. Therefore this pathway was <strong>in</strong>spected first for the<br />
possibility of improv<strong>in</strong>g the model’s predictions for activity <strong>in</strong> blood at short time (Figure<br />
3.1.7) just by vary<strong>in</strong>g the transfer rate from ST0 compartment to the blood. For this purpose<br />
blood activity content was calculated by adopt<strong>in</strong>g transfer rate values uniformly distributed<br />
around the ICRP67 transfer rate assumed as central value. For each transfer rate the value of<br />
the F target function was calculated us<strong>in</strong>g the reference data set for blood activity content at<br />
short time. It turns out that a value of 0.139 d -1 (half-life 5 d) for the transfer rate from<br />
compartment ST0 to blood (arrow 1 <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.1.12) is more appropriate than the ICRP value<br />
102<br />
3 Transfer rates derived from autopsy data<br />
4 Transfer rates derived from fecal excretion<br />
3<br />
trabecular<br />
marrow<br />
trabecular<br />
surface<br />
trabecular<br />
volume<br />
Modified skeleton model<br />
4<br />
4<br />
small<br />
<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />
upper large<br />
<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />
lower large<br />
<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />
feces