Quantifying the effects of sensor coatings on body temperature measurements

Table 2 Mk9 internal and external sensor coefficients of conductance

Temperature sensor	Coefficient of conductance (k _s, min⁻¹)	\({\text{RMSE}}_{{k_{\text{s}} }}\) (°C)
Temperature sensor	Coefficient of conductance (k _s, min⁻¹)	Pre-correction	Post-correction
Internal	0.81 ± 0.07	2.14 ± 0.2	0.52 ± 0.1
External	1.79 ± 0.06	0.38 ± 0.1	0.18 ± 0.1

The mean (±SD) coefficients of conductance and the RMSE between the sensor temperature measurements (pre- and post-correction) and the ambient temperature during the heating and cooling curves of the calibration experiment

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