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Studies of Skeletal Tracer Kinetics. I. Digital-Computer Solution of a Five-Compartment Model of [¹⁸F] Fluoride Kinetics in Humans

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Correspondence: For reprints contact: N. David Charkes, Sec. of Nuclear Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140.

ABSTRACT

We have developed a new model of short-term fluoride kinetics in humans and have solved the model on a digital computer using the SAAM-25 program. The solution accords well with available data. About 60% of intravenously administered [¹⁸F] fluoride is taken up by bone. Evaluation of the rate constants of tracer egress from blood indicates that about 17% of the cardiac output is distributed to the skeleton. When the model was perturbed to simulate changes in systemic or skeletal blood flow, we found that the system behaves in a nonlinear manner; even a five-fold increase in systemic or skeletal blood flow did not appreciably increase the amount of fluoride taken up by bone 1–2 hr later, the time when scans are usually made. A simulated increase in bone extraction rate, however, had a marked effect on bone-fluoride uptake. These findings suggest an important homeostatic role for bone in the regulation of blood calcium concentration and have considerable bearing on the interpretation of bone scans.

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