Fig. 6.

BMAP resolution characterization: (a) Reflectance measured on a high contrast resolution target for a series of raster-scan rates with increasing $\mathrm{\Delta }s$ from left to right. The time required for each scan is indicated below the respective image and (b) line scans across simulated diffuse, tissue-like slabs each with an embedded heterogeneity. The center position of the simulated photodiode is represented by $\chi$. Within each plot, line scans are shown as the extracted $[\beta \text{-carotene}]/{⟨{\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }⟩}_{\lambda }$ for three heterogeneity sizes ($\mathrm{\Delta }b=[0.50,0.75,1.5]\mathrm{mm}$). Heterogeneities are centered at $\chi =0$. From left to right, $\mathrm{\Delta }s$ is increased from 0.25 to 4.5 mm, depicting the loss of contrast for each heterogeneity as a function of sampling rate. The error-bars represent all possible $[\beta \text{-carotene}]/{⟨{\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}^{\prime }⟩}_{\lambda }$ estimates (uncertainty) derived from the inverse model for the simulated spectra.