Table 1. Validation of temperature measurements.

Average of n = 5 images for each condition (all in °C).

Temperature	Hand warm	Hand cold	Mouse 1	Mouse 2	Mouse 3	Mouse 4	Mouse 5	Avg
TC	33.88	25.25	34.60	33.64	33.74	33.38	34.97
tm	34.04	25.67	33.96	33.37	34.09	32.81	36.23
Δ |(TC − tm)|	0.45	1.63	0.64	0.28	0.35	0.58	1.26	0.74
St. dev (n = 5) TC	0.03	0.11	0.42	0.28	0.30	0.88	0.50	0.36

Abbreviations: Avg, average; St. dev, standard deviation; TC, thermal camera; tm, thermistor