Table 1. Comparison of SD and CDT Model Estimates of Optical Parameters from Measurements in Polystyrene Bead and Intralipid Optical Phantoms^a.

		Error [%]
Range (450–650 nm)		${\mu }_s^{\prime }$		γ
γ	${\mu }_s^{\prime }$ [mm−1]	CDT	SD
Df = 4.85	3.45–1.24	29 ± 24	7 ± 5	6 ± 3
r = 1.40 – 1.29	2.59–0.93	22 ± 20	7 ± 6	6 ± 2
	1.73–0.62	24 ± 16	5 ± 4	9 ± 6
	0.86–0.31	57 ± 44	10 ± 9	11 ± 6
Df = 4.35	3.10–1.24	26 ± 24	6 ± 7	7 ± 5
γ = 1.51 – 1.42	2.32–0.93	21 ± 20	6 ± 6	4 ± 3
	1.55–0.62	25 ± 18	7 ± 5	5 ± 4
	0.78–0.31	60 ± 47	20 ± 16	8 ± 6
Df = 3.85	2.74–1.24	25 ± 22	5 ± 4	12 ± 7
γ = 1.67 – 1.58	1.37–0.62	27 ± 18	7 ± 5	5 ± 4
	0.69–0.31	60 ± 46	16 ± 14	4 ± 3
Intralipid	2.31–0.92	24 ± 3	9 ± 9	11 ± 3
γ = 2.06 – 1.77	BVF	27 ± 4	7 ± 4

^aError is phantom-specific and averaged across multiple calibrations using the D_f = 4.35 dilution series.