. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 29.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomech Eng. 2020 Jan 1;142(1):011003. doi: 10.1115/1.4044235

Table 6.

Ranking order of all simulated configurations for GOA, ROA, CSA, and VMS

Configuration	Shape factor	GOA (cm²)	ROA (mm²)	CSA (mm²)	VMS_dia (MPa)
Control	_	2	9	10	8
Area-preserved EllipMajor	0.64	3	1	11	1
Area-preserved EllipMinor	0.64	2	2	12	7
Area-preserved D-Shape 1	1.38	2	4	9	7
Area-preserved D-Shape 2	1.38	3	3	7	4
Area-preserved Tri-Vertex	1.2	3	11	8	11
Area-preserved Tri-Sides	1.35	1	10	8	2
Area-reduced EllipMajor	0.64	7	5	1	3
Area-reduced EllipMinor	0.64	8	7	2	12
Area-reduced D-Shape 1	1.38	6	8	6	10
Area-reduced D-Shape 2	1.38	6	6	4	5
Area-reduced Tri-Vertex	1.2	5	12	6	9
Area-reduced Tri-Sides	1.35	4	12	5	6
Area-reduced Circular	1.15	8	13	3	13

Based on the specific metric of interest, the configurations that ranked among the top three were highlighted in bold and gray.