Figure 2.
Dependence of the damping ratio Q (Eqn.(6)) on fibrosis and inflammation, respectively (A,B). Shown are the mean and corresponding errors on mean values (which are very small). Data suggest that Q is a generic parameter that is not impacted by the histopathology environment. A mean value for the power-law slope of y=0.89±0.003 is found (error on mean C). This corresponds to an average power-law exponent for the shear modulus of 0.22 = 2 − 2y, which is what is seen in Fig.1G.