Table 3.

Reconstruction results for phantom 2 (μ_a=0.07 cm^-1 and ${\mu }_s^{\prime }=5.50{\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}$ using the semi-infinite model and the two-layer model with s fitted background values

		Semi-Infinite Model		Two-Layer Model
	Target Center Depth (C)/Second Layer Depth (D)	Fitted Background Value $\left[{\mu }_{a1}{\mu }_{s1}^{\prime }\right]\left({\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}\right)$	Reconstructed Maximum μa (cm-1)	Fitted Background Value $\left[{\mu }_{a1}{\mu }_{s1}^{\prime }{\mu }_{a2}{\mu }_{s2}^{\prime }\right]\left({\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}\right)$	Reconstructed Maximum μa (cm-1)
Phantom 2 and silicon	C 0.9 cm, D 1.5 cm	[0.065 4.82]	0.129 (184%)	[0.014 5.48 0.16 9.56]	0.0710 (101%)
phantom 1	C 1.5 cm, D 2.1 cm	[0.045 5.02]	0.104 (148%)	[0.019 7.87 0.099 41.74]	0.0889 (127%)
	C 1.8 cm, D 2.4 cm	[0.042 4.88]	0.105 (150%)	[0.023 9.59 0.048 9.01]	0.0896 (128%)
Phantom 2 and silicon	C 0.9 cm, D 1.5 cm	[0.054 5.04]	0.121 (173%)	[0.021 5.26 0.057 15.08]	0.0868 (124%)
phantom 2	C 1.5 cm, D 2.1 cm	[0.035 5.11]	0.0944 (135%)	[0.023 5.83 0.053 5.557]	0.0899 (128%)
	C 1.8 cm, D 2.4 cm	[0.031 5.33]	0.103 (147%)	[0.031 5.93 0.058 6.26]	0.1000 (143%)