Research Article

Efficient Sensitivity Based Reconstruction Technique to Accomplish Breast Hyperelastic Elastography

Table 6

The hypothetical and real hyperelastic parameters of the normal breast tissue, namely, the fibroglandular tissue, estimated for the Mooney-Rivlin model using the proposed iterative stress-strain relation-based and sensitivity-matrix based algorithms.

Hypothetical Hyperelastic ParametersReal Hyperelastic Parameters
(In regard to first estimates of hypothetical hyperelastic parameters)

Hypothetical
Hyperelastic
Parameters
First
Estimates
Second
Estimates
Real Hyperelastic
Parameters
Third
Fifth
Iteration

(Pa)1.5851138e+031.0814951e+03 (Pa)3.5088899e+033.4997360e+03
(Pa)26.53027.746264e+02 (Pa)2.3235739e+032.3335629e+03
Error of (%)54.711069.1001Error of (%)0.25400.0075
Error of (%)98.863066.8013Error of (%)0.00420.0001
Error of (%)2.05361.9088Error of (%)3.1787e-041.6123e-07

estimates have been obtained in the primary iterations of the iterative sensitivity-matrix based algorithm by making use of the calculated hypothetical hyperelastic parameters.