Table 2.

Analytical and simulation results of mean chord lengths, ${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch}}$.

Geometric Descriptor	Vmicro,1	Vmicro,2	Vmicro,3	Vmicro,4
Sphere: ${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Theory}}$, mean±SD μm	0.363±0.129	0.862±0.305	1.044±0.369	1.474±0.521
Cylinder: ${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Theory}}$, mean±SD μm	0.300±0.163	0.750±0.385	0.727±0.356	1.071±0.552
${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Sph}}/{\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Cyl}}$	1.211	1.149	1.435	1.375
Sphere: ${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Sim}}/{\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Theory}}$	0.995±0.003	1.003±0.015	0.997±0.008	1.002±0.023
Cylinder: ${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Sim}}/{\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Theory}}$	1.020±0.001	1.004±0.028	0.993±0.010	0.992±0.012

${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Theory}}$; Analytical result

${\overline{L}}_{\mathit{Ch},\mathit{Sim}}$; Simulation result