A thermoelectric device for ophthalmic heat flux density measurements: results of piloting in healthy individuals

• Published in: Oftalmologicheskiĭ zhurnal. Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 45 - 51
• Main Authors: Anatychuk, L., Pasyechnikova, N., Naumenko, V., Zadorozhnyy, O., Kobylianskyi, R., Gavrilyuk, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ukrainian Society of Ophthalmologists 05.06.2019
• Subjects: heat flux density; temperature of the external ocular surface; thermoelectric device

Background: Assessment of heat exchange processes in the human body is based on temperature and heat flux measurements. Today, there is no instrument for measuring the heat flux density from the eye. Purpose: To investigate the heat flux density from the ocular surface in healthy individuals using t...