“…brain and muscle), we employed only a subgroup of the entire phantoms set: labels 2, 3, 4, and 5 for the absorption coefficient (nominal values 0.07, 014, 0.21, and 0.28 cm 1 ) and labels A, B, and C for the reduced scattering coefficient (nominal values 5, 10, and 15 cm 1 ). A simultaneous estimate of reduced scattering and absorption coefficients for each source-detector couple was achieved by best fitting of DTOFs with a standard model of the photon diffusion theory [34]. Fitting parameters have been chosen in order to optimize the accuracy of retrieved optical parameters [35].…”