Introduction Your department is interested in purchasing a new system for measuring intraoperative temperature. They want to ensure the measurement system meets the required standards. Regarding clinical...
Measurand Measurement A specific physical parameter to be measured A process of quantitatively comparing a measurand with a pre-defined standard - allows the measurand to be read, recorded and...
StaticMeasurement DynamicMeasurement The 'input' (x), or physical quantity being measured, does not change over time and is therefore said to be 'steady'The output (y) can generally be given as a factor (K) of the input, where K is the static sensitivity of the...
Accuracy Precision The ability of a measurement device to match the true value of the quantity being measuredIt is often quoted as a % and can be calculated by the formula:Accuracy = [(input - output) / input] x 100 The degree to which further measurements will show...
