Oxygen advection and diffusion in a three- dimensional vascular anatomical network

Opt Express. 2008 Oct 27;16(22):17530-41. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.17530.

Abstract

There is an increasing need for quantitative and computationally affordable models for analyzing tissue metabolism and hemodynamics in microvascular networks. In this work, we develop a hybrid model to solve for the time-varying oxygen advection-diffusion equation in the vessels and tissue. To obtain a three-dimensional temporal evolution of tissue oxygen concentration for realistic complex vessel networks, we used a graph-based advection model combined with a finite-element based diffusion model and an implicit time-advancing scheme. We validated this algorithm for both static and dynamic conditions. We also applied it to a complex vascular network obtained from a rodent somatosensory cortex. Qualitative agreement was found with in-vivo experiments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Blood Pressure
  • Blood Vessels / anatomy & histology*
  • Blood Vessels / physiology
  • Diffusion
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Oxygen / physiology*
  • Partial Pressure
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Oxygen