What is it about?
This paper is a highlight of the results regarding the ocular temperature held so far by the scientific community. The authors developed an experimental study on a number of 20 subjects. For this, a FLIR Systems camera was used to capture the eye temperatures of the 20 young subjects. Following the analysis of the experimental data, the results obtained by other previous studies were confirmed. The acquisition of corneal center temperatures (manually determined) in both eyes led to an average temperature of 34.5 °C, an interocular difference of 0.110 °C. Also, a maximum temperature was found in the tear duct, relative to the center of the cornea and the lateral corner.
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Why is it important?
As a non-invasive method, IR-ray thermography can also be applied by the optometrist. The implementation of such a method of acquisition of thermographic images and, subsequently, the insertion of these images into a universal database would lead to a more efficient statistical analysis. Also, the Flir camera could also be used in the study of contactology, of the efficient adaptation of the patient with the different types of contact lenses.
Perspectives
An example of the pathology risk that will be studied is the long-term exposure to UV radiation, a simulation that will illustrate how the eye is thermally affected.
Assoc. Professor Ciprian Ion Rizescu
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
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This page is a summary of: TEMPERATURE GRADIENT ANALYSIS BY THERMOGRAPHY USED IN OPTOMETRY, International Journal of Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics, December 2019, INCDMTM,
DOI: 10.17683/ijomam/issue6.27.
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