Table 1. Extracted ex vivo breast tissue properties used for training set.

Sample	[THb] (µM)	[β-carotene] (µM)	<µs’>450–600 (cm−1)
1	10.7	7.5	4.1
2	18.1	21.7	5.3
3	32.7	18.6	11.5
4	59.3	21.0	8.0
5	97.9	16.6	4.4
6	55.7	7.0	3.9
7	49.6	11.3	9.2
8	32.8	17.5	6.3
9	73.1	26.0	8.8
10	95.9	37.6	8.4
11	24.2	13.6	3.7
12	22.3	29.3	4.8
13	40.3	31.3	6.5
14	91.1	15.8	8.9
15	11.5	30.8	11.9