cheong a, b, c
human and pig aorta

nm = wavelength
mua = absorption coeff [cm^-1]
mus = scattering coeff [cm^-1]
g   = anisotropy  [dimensionless]
musp = mus*(1-g) = reduced scattering coeff [cm^-1}

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cheong a

WF Cheong, AJ Welch. Analysis of optical and thermal behavior of laser assisted
balloon angioplasty. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng., 1989, 

cited as "in press" by MJC van Gemert, AJ Welch, SL Jacques, QF Cheong, WM
Star. Light distribution, optical properties, and cardiovascular tissues. in
Lasers in cardiovascular medicine and surgery: Fundamentals and techniques,ed.
G.S. Abela, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 1990.  

Data obtained graphically from published figure, not original data.

nm    	mua   	musp
1064	1.394	14.70
		
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cheong b
human aorta

WF Cheong. Photo-thermal processes in tissue irradiated byt Nd::YAG laser
(1064nm, 1320 nm). Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1990, 

cited by WF Cheong, Appendix to Chapter 8: Summary of Optical Properties, in AJ
Welch, MJC van Gemert, Optical-Thermal response of laser-irradiated tissue,
Plenum Press, New York, 1995.  

nm    	mua   	musp
1064	0.700	22.40
1320	4.300	17.80

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cheong c
pig aorta

WF Cheong. Photo-thermal processes in tissue irradiated byt Nd::YAG laser
(1064nm, 1320 nm). Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1990, 

cited by WF Cheong, Appendix to Chapter 8: Summary of Optical Properties, in AJ
Welch, MJC van Gemert, Optical-Thermal response of laser-irradiated tissue,
Plenum Press, New York, 1995.  

nm    	mua   	musp
1060	0.330	20.10
1320	1.500	18.30