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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2008 Mar 26;53(8):2069–2088. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/8/005

Table 1.

Optical properties used for synthetic mouse phantom organs [40,41]

Organ/Tissue	Absorption μ_a(cm⁻¹)	Scattering μ_s(cm⁻¹)	Ratio $\frac{μ_{s} (1 - g)}{μ_{a}}$

Lungs	8.4	35.9	0.2137
Heart	0.35	167	8.114
Stomach	1.2	200	16.67
Gut	1.2	200	16.67
Kidneys	0.01	73.3	1100
Spleen	2.8	13	1.024
Bladder	1.25	50.8	2.03
Liver	6.5	143.7	1.11
Body (muscle)	1	40	1.2
Water	0.011	0	0