Table 1.

A summary of μ_a and ${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }$ as a function of percentage concentration for scattering and absorbing materials used in the liquid optical phantom. c% is the percentage concentration of the scattering (or absorption) material in volume dissolved in water (in volume).

Brand	Wavelength (nm)	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }(\mathrm{c}{\mathrm{m}}^{-1})$	μa (cm−1)	Source
10% Intralipid	633	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }=(11.2\pm 0.11)\times \mathrm{c}\%$	–	Moes et al (1989)
Nutralipid	630	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }=17.9\times \mathrm{c}\%+0.56$	0.0026	Driver et al (1989)
10% Intralipid	400–1100	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }=11{(\lambda /730)}^{-2.4}\times \mathrm{c}\%$	–	van Staveren et al (1997)
10% Intralipid	460–890	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }=4.4{(\lambda /730)}^{-2.33}\times \mathrm{c}\%$	0.001–0.015	Flock et al (1992)
10% Intralipid	700	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }=7.33\times \mathrm{c}\%$	–	Mourant et al (1997)
30% Liposyn	730	${\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }=8.1\times \mathrm{c}\%$	0.020	This study
Higgins Ink	594	–	μa = 123 × c%	Madsen et al (1992)
Higgins Ink	730	–	μa = 42.99 × c%	This study