TABLE 3.

Mesh convergence study.

	Number of elements	CH (kPa)	TmaxH (kPa)	α	Calculation time (hrs×cpu)
Patient 1	7952	0.099	523.3	1.0	137.3
Patient 2	2700	0.207	322.7	0.32	48.0
	4176	0.207	338.9	0.4	77.5
	7952	0.192	336.8	0.44	175.0
	10752	0.192	330.7	0.44	250.0
Patient 3	7952	1.7	173.5	0.08	599.4
Patient 4	7952	0.019	227.9	0	462.3
Patient 5	2700	0.0095	405.3	0.0	77.5
	4176	0.0095	414.8	0.0	125.0
	7952	0.0094	401.4	0.0	400.0
	10752	0.0090	408.6	0.0	560.0
Volunteer	7952	0.00011	259.4	N/A	1741.5