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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2013 Mar;4(1):2–15. doi: 10.1007/s13239-013-0117-y

TABLE 3.

Major (bI) and minor (bII) principal curvature values (in mm−1) for untreated and treated leaflets at key time points (n = 5).

Pre-open Opening Fully open Closing Closed
Untreated
  bI
    Mean 0.218 0.154 0.168 0.215 0.230
    Standard deviation 0.133 0.161 0.171 0.188 0.120
    Skew 0.887 0.956 0.985 1.144 1.079
    Mode 0.100 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100
Treated
  bI
    Mean 0.227 0.222 0.188 0.227 0.240
    Standard deviation 0.115 0.161 0.155 0.165 0.122
    Skew 1.107 1.382 1.211 1.380 1.146
    Mode 0.100 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.100
Untreated
  bII
    Mean −0.072 −0.125 −0.120 −0.114 −0.042
    Standard deviation 0.140 0.120 0.120 0.136 0.129
    Skew −0.512 −0.207 −0.165 −0.105 −0.324
    Mode 0.000 −0.100 −0.100 −0.100 0.000
Treated
  bII
    Mean −0.014 −0.089 −0.111 −0.114 −0.019
    Standard deviation 0.129 0.157 0.181 0.176 0.139
    Skew −0.107 0.072 −0.060 −0.078 −0.134
    Mode 0.000 −0.100 −0.100 −0.100 0.000