Optical properties of PlatSil SiliGlass tissue-mimicking phantoms.

In this work, we revise the preparation procedure and conduct an in depth characterization of optical properties for the recently proposed silicone-based tissue-mimicking optical phantoms in the spectral range from 475 to 925 nm. The optical properties are characterized in terms of refractive index and its temperature dependence, absorption and reduced scattering coefficients and scattering phase function related quantifiers. The scattering phase function and related quantifiers of the optical phantoms are first assessed within the framework of the Mie theory by using the measured refractive index of SiliGlass and size distribution of the hollow silica spherical particles that serve as scatterers.

Erratum: Optical properties of PlatSil SiliGlass tissue-mimicking phantoms: erratum.

[This corrects the article on p. 3753 in vol. 11.