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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 16.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Res. 2007 Sep;168(3):308–315. doi: 10.1667/RR0854.1

TABLE 2.

Simulation Results Demonstrating the Effect of Probe Size on the pO2 Readout

Method of measurement Skewed distribution
Normal distribution
Mean (mmHg) Median (mmHg) Skewness Mean (mmHg) Median (mmHg) Skewness
Actual (input) 1.50 0.91 2.31 7.59 7.59 0
Microelectrode 1.53 0.89 2.1 7.61 7.61 0.12
OxyLite 1.47 1.39 1.22 7.60 7.60 0.14
EPR 1.51 1.49 0.37 7.60 7.58 0.09