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- μa (mm-1): absorption coefficient in tissue, - μs (mm-1): scattering coefficient - μ's (mm-1): reduced scattering coefficient:  - g: anisotropy factor μeff (mm-1): - μeff effective attenuation coefficient, - D (mm): optical diffusion distance - C: specific heat of tissue (J.g-1.°K-1) - ρ: density of tissue (g mm-3) - k: thermal conductivity of tissue (W. mm-1.°K-1) - wb: blood flow rate (ml.100 g-1.min-1) - h heat-transfer coefficient (W.m-2.K-1) - Ea (J.mole-1): activation energy - A (s-1): frequency factor |