Table 2. Summary of the parameters of the model (ii).
Parameter | Value |
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Mechanical model of breast tissues: | |
E fat | 2–15 kPa [49] |
E glandular | 5–15 kPa [49] |
E skin | 5–30 kPa [50] |
First phase of healing: | |
λ 1 | 1.0–3.0 |
P | 0.0–500.0 Pa |
Second phase of healing: | |
λ 2 | 1.0–3.0 |
Third phase of healing: | |
λ 3 | 1.0–3.0 |
E scar | 10–80 kPa |
Biological model of wound healing: | |
α 0 | 0–0.6 |
The parameters in bold characters are used to define the sets of unknown parameters α estimated in this paper. Initial ranges of variation are given here as used in the optimization method.