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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2014 Nov 28;14(4):767–782. doi: 10.1007/s10237-014-0635-z

Table 1.

Baseline values for all parameters within the model. These values were used in all simulations except for during the parameter sensitivity analysis, in which the parameters were varied with respect to the baseline values listed here. The percentage that each parameter was varied during the parameter sensitivity study is listed in the column on the far right.

Parameter Description Value Vary
Nfrag Number of initial neovessel parent fragments 2114 --
b0 Branching probability 0.1 --
a Sprout stress magnitude (per single sprout) 3.72 μPa 50%
b Sprout stress range 250 μm 25%
N Sprout stress width (cosine exponent) 2 50%
EM ECM constitutive model: Stiffness of ground matrix (governs compressive response) 34.52 Pa 50%
Efib ECM constitutive model: Nonlinear fiber stiffness (governs tensile response) 345.2 Pa 50%
Evess Microvessel constitutive model: Modulus 3.452 kPa 50%
τ Viscoelastic time constant 1.08 seconds 25%