Ocular surface temperature: A review

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Purslow, Christine ^a   Wolffsohn, James S ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrared; Ocular surface temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DRY EYE; EYE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED RADIATION; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOMETER; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 21244451409     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000141921.80061.17     Document Type: Review

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