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. 2022 Oct 31;27(10):105006. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.27.10.105006

Table 2.

Tissue optical properties (μa, μs and μeff, in cm1) at 665 nm under post-PDT conditions for various tissues and pleural sites. The results are expressed as: mean (SD). Sample counts are the number of samples taken for each site across all successfully analyzed patients.

Tissue Sample count μa (cm1) μs (cm1) μeff (cm1)
Aorta 15 0.6 (0.5) 26 (15) 3.7 (1.2)
Chest wall 21 0.5 (0.6) 29 (14) 3.8 (1.2)
Diaphragm 21 0.9 (0.8) 27 (14) 4.6 (1.8)
Esophagus 4 0.7 (0.7) 29 (6) 4.4 (1.2)
Lung 21 1.2 (0.7) 21 (12) 5.8 (1.6)
Muscle 2 0.2 (0.1) 31 (11) 3.4 (0.7)
Pericardium 12 0.7 (0.5) 24 (13) 4.5 (1.7)
PM 6 0.7 (0.4) 28 (8) 4.4 (1.3)
Serratus 12 0.5 (0.4) 29 (12) 3.5 (1.1)
Skin 10 0.3 (0.3) 23 (19) 2.4 (0.7)
Tumor 4 0.9 (0.9) 25 (4) 4.5 (1.7)