Table 1.
Summary of the results obtained from independence studies – values shows mean±SD of the relative error values among six axial plane.
| Independence study | Parameter to study | Constant parameters | Relative error for Vpeak (%)
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| @ peak systole | @ peak diastole | @ peak tissue displacement | @ peak tissue velocity | |||
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| Grid size (GS) | 0.55 M 1.6 M 7.8 M |
TS = T/200 PN = 3 |
2.1±2.4 | 3.4±1.3 | 3.9±3.3 | 3.6±2.3 |
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| Time step size (TS) | T/100 T/200 T/400 |
GS = 1.6 M PN = 3 |
0.4±0.4 | 0.4±0.3 | 0.9±0.8 | 0.2±0.5 |
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| Period number (PN) | 2 3 4 |
GS = 1.6 M TS = T/200 |
1.1±0.7 | 0.8±0.6 | 2.2±1.9 | 2.5±1.4 |
(MS = mesh size, PN = period number, M = million cells, T = cycle period in seconds, TS = time-step size in seconds)