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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013 May 30;39(8):1469–1481. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.03.001

Table 2.

Results of the mean relative errors (MRerror) made on the palpograms when considering either the native or the revisited elasticity-palpography techniques. The influence of white noise was studied using the vulnerable plaque # 2.

Plaque # MRerrorpalpoCespedes (%)
MRerrorpalporevisited (%)
w/o noise (β = 0) w/o noise (β = 0) with noise (β = 2) with noise (β = 4) with noise (β = 6)
1 48.97 0.00 - - -
2 60.82 11.43 4.70 ± 4.90 14.52 ± 12.46 26.18 ± 16.24
3 61.70 17.30 - - -
4 71.26 10.89 - - -
5 55.49 8.21 - - -
6 73.97 40.18 - - -
7 54.89 17.85 - - -
61.02 ± 9.01 15.12 ± 12.57