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. 2010 Jun 1;12(1):33. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-12-33

Table 3.

Effect of noise and smoothing area on strain calculation for simulated data at maximum contraction.

Shear Normal

Noise (σ/max displacement) RL LC RR LL CC
Relative RMS Error in E (smoothing area = 25 mm2) 0 34.6% 13.8% 6.8% 13.8% 18.5%
0.01 34.6% 15.7% 8.1% 14.1% 21.6%
0.02 36.1% 25.5% 10.9% 15.9% 27.1%
0.03 36.0% 32.6% 13.3% 19.0% 37.0%
0.05 45.9% 46.9% 21.4% 23.2% 61.0%
Relative RMS Error in E (smoothing area = 15 mm2) 0 27.4% 14.4% 5.7% 9.4% 12.2%
0.01 28.0% 21.2% 8.0% 10.3% 17.0%
0.02 30.9% 30.7% 11.1% 14.0% 28.6%
0.03 34.2% 42.0% 15.3% 21.1% 46.8%
0.05 46.4% 64.7% 24.7% 28.2% 66.3%