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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2007 Jan 10;52(3):577–587. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/3/003

Table 1.

Linear attenuation coefficients assigned to different tissues in Digimouse to generate the attenuation map for the PET simulation.

Tissue type Type of
material		 LAC
(cm−1)
Air Air 1.04 × 10−4
Background Adipose tissue 0.0913
Skeleton Bone cortical 0.1717
Eye Eye lens 0.1012
Medulla, olfactory bulbs, heart, lachrymal glands, bladder wall, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, kidneys, adrenal glands, skin Soft tissue 0.1008
Cerebellum, external cerebrum, striatum, rest of the brain Brain 0.0994
Testes Testis 0.0993
Masseter muscles Muscle 0.0999
Lungs Lung tissue 0.0317
Bladder content Water 0.0960
Tumours Soft tissue 0.1008