Table 2.

Near infrared (NIR) variance differences for nodular basal‐cell carcinoma samples from three different patients

Patient	Variance tumor area	Variance nontumor area	Variance tumor area (>1100 nm)	Variance nontumor area (>1100 nm)	Ratio (tumor/nontumor)	Ratio (tumor/nontumor) (>1100 nm)
1	146	274	57	117	0.53	0.49
2	54	98	24	44	0.55	0.55
3	94	159	32	73	0.59	0.44

Absolute values vary but the ratios between tumor/nontumor regions are consistent.