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. 2012 Nov 1;3(12):3087–3104. doi: 10.1364/BOE.3.003087

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Tissue attenuation spectrum. Light transport of wavelengths in the visible range is more strongly affected by scattering, while absorption is dominant in the infrared. Penetration depth (i.e., depth where intensity falls to 1/e of surface value) is limited to about 1 mm.