Segmentation of the Breast Skin and Its Influence in the Simulation of the Breast Compression during an X-Ray Mammography

Table 2

Results of the simulation of the breast compression.

Case	Breast compression %	Real skin reaction force (𝑁)	Skin as 2D membrane reaction force (𝑁)	Committed error
1	43.4%	30.745	25.891	15.8%
2	31.8%	246.73	189.44	23.2%
3	29.4%	172.90	129.37	25.2%
4	33.5%	96.938	92.763	4.3%
5	31.9%	155.68	126.13	19.0%
6	30.1%	45.653	41.435	9.2%
7	41.1%	54.858	46.273	15.6%