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Published in final edited form as: Surg Endosc. 2008 Sep 24;23(6):1298–1307. doi: 10.1007/s00464-008-0154-z

Table 2.

Prony series parameters and relaxation time constants from the normalized force data on liver and stomach of human cadaver.

Depth (mm)

{\bar{g}}_{1}^{P}

{\bar{g}}_{2}^{P}

τ₁ (sec)

τ₂ (sec)

R²

Liver

0.3788

0.3849

0.2309

9.4601

0.9985

0.4422

0.3558

0.6696

8.8517

0.9994

0.4235

0.3575

0.6927

10.9220

0.9994

0.3182

0.3234

0.6958

11.0834

0.9998

Stomach

0.4743

0.2730

0.7195

12.4827

0.9969

0.5372

0.2345

0.2816

9.4699

0.9986

0.4301

0.3262

0.3223

7.4916

0.9996

0.2960

0.3364

0.7384

13.2608

0.9998