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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Nano. 2012 Jul 25;6(8):7489–7496. doi: 10.1021/nn302782y

Table 1.

Effective attenuation coefficients and penetration depth of 1064-nm light in chicken breast muscle by exponential fitting of photodiode signals and reconstructed photoacoustic amplitudes at various depths.

Effective attenuation coefficient (mm−1) 95% confidence interval R2 Effective penetration depth (mm)
Reconstructed needle tip 0.18 (0.10, 0.21) 0.97 5.6
Reconstructed CuS NP of 100 mg/L 0.12 (0.11, 0.13) 0.99 8.3
Photodiode signal amplitude 0.17 (0.14, 0.20) 0.98 5.9