Table 1.

Effect of input parameters associated with hyperkeratosis, hyperplasia, and dysplasia on the fraction of photons detected from the epithelium and the fraction of photons detected from the superficial oral mucosa the epithelium and superficial stroma at emission wavelength of 440 nm.

	Fraction of epithelial photons	Fraction of superficial photons
Baseline case	0.43±0.01	0.90±0.01
Thickness of nonkeratinized epithelium
-50 μm	0.35	0.88
+50 μm	0.51	0.92
+150 μm	0.66	0.93
Thickness of superficial epithelial layer
-50 μm	0.38	0.89
+50 μm	0.50	0.90
Thickness of the basal epithelial layer
-50 μm	0.35	0.88
+50 μm	0.56	0.92
+80 μm	0.60	0.93
Fluorescence Intensity of superficial stroma
Increased by 20%	0.39	0.91
Decreased by 20%	0.50	0.89
Decreased by 40%	0.56	0.86