Table 2.
Best-fit values of parameters in the four fiber family constitutive model for ApoE-/-carotids under biaxial testing with and without subcutaneous Ang-II infusion. Overall mean and standard deviations (SD) are shown for convenience.
| Elastin | Axial | Circumferential | Diagonal | Angle | Error | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel # | c (kPa) | (kPa) |
|
(kPa) |
|
(kPa) |
|
α0 (deg) | RMSE | |||
| Untreated | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 5.5020 | 21.4296 | 0.0208 | 0.9864 | 0.1320 | 0.0167 | 1.5081 | 33.7366 | 0.0931 | |||
| 2 | 11.3565 | 14.1724 | 2.3373E-14 | 2.7786 | 0.1702 | 0.0466 | 0.8617 | 37.3644 | 0.0805 | |||
| 3 | 14.6571 | 8.3214 | 0.0426 | 3.0781 | 0.2374 | 0.0506 | 1.0928 | 39.1308 | 0.0871 | |||
| 4 | 6.3036 | 27.7971 | 0.0181 | 2.4119 | 0.0419 | 0.0033 | 1.4915 | 35.1041 | 0.0685 | |||
| 5 | 12.6621 | 36.5033 | 2.3373E-14 | 1.7661 | 0.2347 | 0.0345 | 2.1888 | 33.9564 | 0.0822 | |||
| Mean | 10.0963 | 21.6448 | 0.0163 | 2.2042 | 0.1632 | 0.0303 | 1.4286 | 35.8585 | 0.0823 | |||
| SD | 4.0145 | 11.0908 | 0.0177 | 0.8384 | 0.0812 | 0.0200 | 0.5055 | 2.3273 | 0.0091 | |||
| Ang-II without AAA | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 12.0034 | 26.9620 | 2.4255E-14 | 5.1186 | 0.1164 | 0.0638 | 1.6385 | 31.2237 | 0.0480 | |||
| 2 | 11.1767 | 13.0610 | 0.0360 | 3.6163 | 0.2065 | 0.0995 | 0.8370 | 35.9730 | 0.0752 | |||
| 3 | 16.7034 | 33.1134 | 2.3374E-14 | 3.3684 | 0.2675 | 0.1953 | 1.4662 | 33.4048 | 0.0656 | |||
| 4 | 9.2451 | 30.8792 | 0.0741 | 5.1867 | 0.1152 | 0.1668 | 2.0022 | 31.3870 | 0.0578 | |||
| 5 | 4.5750 | 18.4120 | 0.0148 | 3.8433 | 0.0352 | 0.0332 | 1.0504 | 30.2029 | 0.0633 | |||
| Mean | 10.7407 | 24.4855 | 0.0250 | 4.2266 | 0.1482 | 0.1117 | 1.3989 | 32.4383 | 0.0620 | |||
| SD | 4.4043 | 8.4979 | 0.0312 | 0.8622 | 0.0902 | 0.0682 | 0.4645 | 2.2916 | 0.0100 | |||
| Ang-II with AAA | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 9.7500 | 59.4100 | 2.3373E-14 | 2.6373 | 0.0901 | 0.9297 | 1.4589 | 27.0323 | 0.0601 | |||
| 2 | 6.1742 | 25.9761 | 2.3373E-14 | 3.5448 | 0.0248 | 0.0214 | 0.8957 | 31.2585 | 0.0566 | |||
| 3 | 9.1999 | 17.7373 | 0.0116 | 2.8118 | 0.1023 | 0.0225 | 1.3295 | 35.8973 | 0.0582 | |||
| 4 | 6.6558 | 33.5882 | 0.0144 | 5.6927 | 0.0406 | 0.0549 | 3.2970 | 24.1951 | 0.0523 | |||
| Mean | 7.9450 | 34.1779 | 0.0065 | 3.6717 | 0.0644 | 0.2571 | 1.7453 | 29.5958 | 0.0568 | |||
| SD | 1.7917 | 18.0238 | 0.0076 | 1.4036 | 0.0376 | 0.4486 | 1.0622 | 5.1059 | 0.0033 | |||