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Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2008 Oct;55(10):2444–2451. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2008.925700

TABLE II.

Spearman Correlations between the Mean Reduced Scattering Coefficients and Absorption Coefficients at 420 nm, 460 nm, 540 nm, and 575 nm, and Tissue Composition. Abbreviations: ADIP.: Adipose, GLAND.: Glandular, FIBR. CONN.: Fibroconnective. (0) No Statistically Significant Correlation.

	% adip.	% gland.	% fibr. conn.
μ_a (420 nm)	0	0	0
μ_a (460 nm)	0.53	−0.59	−0.50
μ_a (540 nm)	0	0	0
μ_a (575 nm)	0	0	0
Mean $μ_{s}^{'}$	−0.53	0.42^*	0.54

P<0.02