You will be presented with a citation segment from the section of a research paper. Classify the intent behind this citation by choosing from one of the following categories:

- Method: Cites the paper for its methodology or procedure.
- Background: Cites the paper to provide background information.
- Result: Cites the paper for its findings or results.

Your answer should be a single word from the following list of options: ["Method", "Background", "Result"]. Do not include any other text in your response.

Citation sentence:

…cell are represented better by the Gegenbauer kernel phase function (Reynolds and McCormick 1980) than by the Henyey– Greenstein phase function (Henyey and Greenstein 1941), as was shown by Yaroslavsky et al (1996) and by Hammer et al (1998) from single scattering experiments with erythrocytes.
Method