title: Applications of the 1-D diffusion approximation to the optics of tissues and tissue phantoms.
abstract: Optical constants of animal and plant tissues were measured over a wide spectral range using an integrating sphere spectrophotometer. The data were analyzed with two formulations of the 1-D diffusion approximation differing in the phase function. The accuracy of the similarity transformation was examined with tissue phantoms incorporating known chromophores in light scattering media.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Karagiannes
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grossweiner
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Grossweiner