Table 1.

Mean (±SD) shear wave velocity of the four inclusion types in the elastography tissue phantom. Calculated mean values in the reconstructed 3D volume (3D SWVM) and 2D images (2D SWVM) with respective standard deviations in comparison to the reference values provided by the manufacturer.

Inclusion	3D SWVM [m/s]		2D SWVM [m/s]		Reference Values by Manufacturer [m/s]
Type I	1.27	(±0.05)	1.32	(±0.22)	1.47
Type II	1.83	(±0.04)	1.79	(±0.02)	2.24
Type III	3.09	(±0.00)	3.13	(±0.03)	4.04
Type IV	4.12	(±0.07)	4.13	(±0.03)	5.42