Table 1.

Tissue parameters used to create the synthetic data, based on the review by Jacques.⁴⁹ B, blood; F, fat; W, water; Bi, bilirubin; VF, volume fraction; a, scatter amplitude; b, scatter slope. For the oxygen saturation of blood, a value of 75% was used.

Contrast	Absorbers	Optical properties
		BVF (%)	FVF (%)	WVF (%)	Bi (mg/dL)	$a$ (${\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}$)	$b$
BVF	B + F + W	0.5; 2.0; 3.5; 5.0; 6.5	35	35	0	15.35	1.25
Presence of different absorbers	B	4.0	0	0	0	15.35	1.25
	B + W;		0	70	0
	B + W + F;		35	35	0
	B + W + Bi;		0	70	13.5
	B + W + F + Bi		35	35	13.5
Scatter amplitude	B + F + W	4.0	35	35	0	8; 12; 16; 20; 24	1.25
Scatter slope	B + F + W	4.0	35	35	0	15.35	0.500; 0.875; 1.250; 1.625; 2.00