Sub-voxel Perfusion Modeling in Terms of Coupled 3d-1d Problem

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We study perfusion by a multiscale model coupling diffusion in the tissue and diffusion along the one-dimensional segments representing the vasculature. We propose a block-diagonal preconditioner for the model equations and demonstrate its robustness by numerical experiments. We compare our model to a macroscale model by Tofts [Modelling in DCE MRI, 2012].