TABLE II.
Evaluation of the BMI Performance on Models With Spherical Inclusions of Different Size and Elasticity. The 35-mm-Thick Models Were Made of Base Material Having the Young’s Modulus of 5 kPa With Spherical Inclusions Located at 10 mm Depth
| Known Evaluated | Inclusion 1
D = 5 mm E = 20 kPa |
Inclusion 2
D = 5 mm E = 80 kPa |
Inclusion 3
D = 10 mm E = l0 kPa |
Inclusion 4
D = 10 mm E = 40 kPa |
Inclusion 5
D = 14 mm E = 40 kPa |
Inclusion 6
D = 14 mm E = 156 kPa |
Inclusion 7
D = 18 mm E = 20 kPa |
Inclusion 8
D = 18 mm E = 80 kPa |
Typical relative error, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter, mm | 5.0 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 17.0 | 17.2 | 5 |
| Inclusion Young’s modulus. kPa | 20 | 80 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 128 | 20 | 78 | 10 |
| Young’s modulus of the base material, kPa | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 19 |
| Heterogeneity of the model body, kPa | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 10 |