Table 1.
Pressure input description | Symbol (units) | Input Parameter Values | |||
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Inlet (Pin) and outlet (Pout) | Pin (cmH2O) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Pout (cmH2O) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Description | Symbol (units) | Measured Parameter Values | |||
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Maximum diameter of the sinus area | Dmax (μm) | 163 | 155 | 160 | 167 |
Height from the root to the commissural incissura measured in the axial direction | Hc (μm) | 246 | 243 | 237 | 232 |
Height from the root to the trailing edge | Hte (μm) | 134 | 144 | 120 | 134 |
Length from root to maximum diameter | Hmd (μm) | 228 | 216 | 218 | 194 |
Length of the total sinus region | Hs (μm) | 456 | 432 | 436 | 388 |
Diameter of the elliptic orifice | do (μm) | 71 | 66 | closed | closed |
Diameter of root | Dr (μm) | 112 | 105 | 102 | 95 |
Sinus-to-root ratio | STR (n/a) | 1.46 | 1.48 | 1.57 | 1.76 |