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Review
. 2013 Jun 7;58(11):R37-61.
doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/R37. Epub 2013 May 10.

Optical properties of biological tissues: a review

Steven L Jacques  1
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Review

Optical properties of biological tissues: a review

Steven L Jacques. Phys Med Biol. .

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  • Phys Med Biol. 2013 Jul 21;58(14):5007-8

Abstract

A review of reported tissue optical properties summarizes the wavelength-dependent behavior of scattering and absorption. Formulae are presented for generating the optical properties of a generic tissue with variable amounts of absorbing chromophores (blood, water, melanin, fat, yellow pigments) and a variable balance between small-scale scatterers and large-scale scatterers in the ultrastructures of cells and tissues.

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