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Table 3 Limits of agreement between hand-held thermometer and thermal imaging device at five ROIs

From: Reliability of a novel thermal imaging system for temperature assessment of healthy feet

ROIs

Mean temperature difference (SD)a °C

Lower Limit (95% C.I.) °C

Upper Limit (95% C.I.)°C

1st toe

0.04 (0.30)

− 0.54 (− 0.64 to − 0.44)

0.62 (0.52 to 0.72)

4th toe

0.03 (0.42)

−0.78 (− 0.93 to − 0.64)

0.85 (0.71 to 0.99)

1st metatarsal head

−0.01 (0.25)

− 0.50 (− 0.58 to − 0.41)

0.49 (0.40 to 0.57)

3rd metatarsal head

0.11 (0.29)

−0.47 (− 0.57 to − 0.37)

0.69 (0.59 to 0.79)

5th metatarsal head

0.21 (0.29)

− 0.35 (− 0.45 to − 0.26)

0.78 (0.69 to 0.88)

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