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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2015 Mar;41(3):713–723. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.10.019

Table 3.

In vivo tissue stiffness for mild and moderate ICP increase. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. P-values indicate poor predictive power of ICP for shear modulus within the physiologically relevant range.

Animal # Baseline ICP (mmHg) Shear Modulus Values at Each ICP Level (kPa) ICP dependence (p-value)
Baseline ICP Mild ICP Increase Moderate ICP Increase
1 6.33±0.74 2.59±0.05 2.61±0.11 2.60±0.09 0.679
2 5.08±2.08 2.29±0.23 2.23±0.13 2.30±0.12 0.327
3 20.64±0.34 2.71±0.26 2.67±0.44 2.68±0.18 0.811
4 6.80±1.53 2.39±0.59 2.64±1.06 1.80±0.35 0.237