Table 2 Comparison between mean absolute SpO2 errors for Nellcor™ and Masimo® systems across different regions of the (%T, %MOD) signal space.

From: Identifying performance differences between two pulse oximetry systems in simulated critical neonatal conditions

%T [%]

%MOD [%]

Mean absolute SpO2 error over all 7 sensors [%]

t-test on difference between mean absolute SpO2 errors from individual sensors

Nellcor™

Masimo®

p

Confidence interval (α = 0.05)

0.39

0.2

0.55

3.81

0.003

[1.59, 4.93]

0.39

1.1

0.09

3.90

0.001

[2.13, 5.48]

0.87

1.1

0.04

1.70

0.002

[0.91, 2.40]

1.98

1.1

0.01

0.42

0.003

[0.21, 0.63]

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