Table 1.

Optical properties of regular human breast tissue (${\mu }_{\mathrm{eff}}$ are calculated based on the ${\mu }_a$ and ${\mu }_s^{\prime }$ data extracted from Ref. 28), Fig. 5, Subject #3).

Wavelength (nm)	${\mu }_a({\text{cm}}^{-1})$	${\mu }_s^{\prime }({\mathrm{cm}}^{-1})$	${\mu }_{\mathrm{eff}}({\mathrm{cm}}^{-1})$
532	0.950	21	7.91
700	0.052	15	1.53
800	0.062	12	1.49
1064	0.103	8	1.58