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. 2012 Jan 26;39(2):906–911. doi: 10.1118/1.3676183

Table 1.

Tissue properties, derived from published data,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 used to compute the complex refractive index of the simulation model. These data are derived from published values.

  Elemental composition (%)  
Tissue type H C N O Cl Ca P Density (g/cm3)
Tumor 9.6 26.2 5.5 57.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.043
Adipose 11.8 65.6 0.9 21.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.925
Epithelium 9.8 18.4 3.8 67.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.038
Calcification 4.5 0.0 0.0 59.1 0.0 22.7 13.6 3.200