A system for the determination of quantifies relating to the circulatory
system of a patient including a device for the non-invasive measurement
of the qualitative variation over time of the local concentration of an
indicator injected into the blood circulation system at a first position,
the measurement taking place at a second position of the blood
circulation system. An evaluating unit is provided, in which there is
implemented an evaluating algorithm which transforms the qualitative
variation into a quantitative variation over time of the local
concentration of the indicator injected into the blood circulation
system. For the purposes of the transformation, the condition is
fulfilled that the cardiac output COdye calculable from the quantitative
variation over time of the local concentration in accordance with a
predetermined relationship is equal to an input value of the cardiac
output COe, which has been determined by thermodilution measurement.