Table 2. Summary of Material Properties of Human Uterine Layers.
Mean ± std. dev calculated for each tissue layer across all samples for a given patient group.
Patient Group |
Tissue Layer |
Stiffness, (kPa) |
Viscoelastic Ratio () |
Permeability, (1E-16 m2) |
Diffusivity, (1E-10 m2s−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NP | Endometrium | 0.143 ± 0.04 | 0.430 ± 0.02 | 1.60 ± 0.69 | 0.64 ± 0.71 |
Myometrium | 0.738 ± 0.45 | 0.508 ± 0.03 | 4.65 ± 1.73 | 9.00 ± 5.42 | |
Perimetrium | 0.365 ± 0.17 | 0.506 ± 0.05 | 5.18 ± 3.26 | 7.94 ± 6.03 | |
PG-CS | Decidua | 0.352 ± 0.07 | 0.485 ± 0.03 | 11.43 ± 16.62 | 12.05 ± 17.08 |
Myometrium | 0.809 ± 0.27 | 0.522 ± 0.03 | 3.91 ± 2.11 | 9.18 ± 7.10 | |
Perimetrium | 0.701 ± 0.56 | 0.512 ± 0.03 | 2.71 ± 1.47 | 4.42 ± 2.97 | |
PG-A | Decidua | 0.497 ± 0.36 | 0.527 ± 0.04 | 18.56 ± 22.78 | 49.55 ± 69.14 |
Myometrium | 1.048 ± 0.84 | 0.523 ± 0.06 | 4.27 ± 2.29 | 8.67 ± 3.54 | |
Perimetrium | 1.527 ± 1.44 | 0.526 ± 0.02 | 17.66 ± 22.94 | 33.26 ± 28.28 |