Dispersion Time Constant τdisp (s) as Function of Withdrawing Speed and Animal-to-Detector Distance with PE50 Catheter
| Blood | Sucrose solution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumping speed | 10 cm | 20 cm | 10 cm | 20 cm | 30 cm | 40 cm |
| 500 μL/min | 3.5 ± 0.2 | 5.5 ± 0.1 | 6.7 ± 0.3 | 8.0 ± 0.1 | ||
| 250 μL/min | 5.8 | 6.4 | 5.9 ± 0.2 | 9.5 ± 0.2 | 11.0 ± 0.5 | 12.2 ± 0.2 |
| 125 μL/min | 9.4 ± 0.4 | 16.4 ± 0.1 | 19.4 ± 0.6 | 22.3 ± 0.1 | ||
| 62 μL/min | 10.7 | 13.9 | 11.1 ± 0.4 | 16.6 ± 0.1 | 20.6 ± 0.1 | 23.8 ± 0.3 |
| 31 μL/min | 17.5 ± 0.2 | 23.9 ± 0.4 | 30.5 ± 0.2 | 30.3 ± 0.2 | ||
| 16 μL/min | 23.9 | 43.3 | 24.3 ± 0.1 | 33.0 ± 0.2 | 43.6 ± 0.1 | 43.5 ± 0.1 |
Dispersion values reported for sucrose solution are mean ± SD of 3 measurements.