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. 2012 Sep 6;3(10):2411–2418. doi: 10.1364/BOE.3.002411

Table 7. Optical Index OI as a function of measurement position and BIRADS categorya.

BIRADS category 1 Outer 2 Chest 3 Inner 4 Nipple 5 Middle All 
areas Full scan
1 1.9 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.6 1.4 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 1.1 1.5 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.6 1.9 ± 1.0
2 4.1 ± 3.0 4.3 ± 7.7 3.0 ± 3.4 4.0 ± 2.1 2.8 ± 1.6 3.5 ± 3.8 4.8 ± 5.0
3 29 ± 34 17 ± 16 10 ± 10 31 ± 34 20 ± 21 21 ± 25 26 ± 27
4 166 ± 81 149 ± 63 79 ± 45 211 ± 90 164 ± 65 152 ± 76 146 ± 84

aThe data are averaged over the left and right CC views.