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. 2011 Feb 23;2(3):680–695. doi: 10.1364/BOE.2.000680

Table 1. Optical coefficients for anatomical models described in section 2.2 including baseline absorption coefficients μa0 [mm−1], scattering coefficients µs [mm−1], anisotropic factors g and refractive indexes n; Note that brain tissue included gray and white matters [21].

Tissue λ = 690 nm λ = 830 nm
μa0 µs g n μa0 µs g n
Scalp 0.0159 8.0 0.9 1.4 0.0191 6.6 0.9 1.4
Skull 0.0101 10.0 0.9 1.4 0.0136 8.6 0.9 1.4
CSF 0.0004 0.1 0.9 1.4 0.0026 0.1 0.9 1.4
Brain 0.0178 12.5 0.9 1.4 0.0186 11.1 0.9 1.4
Vasculature 0.5745 74.5 0.985 1.4 0.4758 67.5 0.992 1.4