Table 5.

TPC between fractured thoracic vertebrae and their healthy reference vertebrae

Patient number	Fractured vertebra	Temperature of fractured vertebra (°C)	Healthy vertebra	Temperature of healthy vertebrae (°C)	TPC	ATPC
2	T11 + T12	32.48	T5-T7	32.50	− 0.08	0.08
3	T11 + T12	35.17	T6-T8	34.79	1.10	1.10
8	T9	34.90	T10	34.81	0.27	0.27
8	T11	34.74	T10	34.81	− 0.21	0.21
10	T12	35.70	L4	34.45	3.66	3.66
10	T7-T8	35.33	L4	34.45	2.56	2.56
11	T6	35.29	T11	35.06	0.67	0.67
11	T8-T9	35.18	T11	35.06	0.34	0.34
12	T6-7	35.10	T11-T12	35.08	0.06	0.06
13	T12	34.90	T8	34.82	0.22	0.22
Mean		34.88		34.58	0.86	0.92
Standard deviation		0.89		0.76	1.27	1.22