Opthalmologist Uses Heat Physics to Measure Brain Temperature
October 1, 2003
Ophthalmologist Marc Abreu of Yale University has discovered a window to monitor the brain's temperature. It's called the brain temperature tunnel. The entrance is the small area of skin between the eye and nose. This area is connected to a mass of blood vessels in the center of the brain that offers a way to track the brain's temperature. An infrared sensor placed near the eye can continuously monitor the temperature in this region. Yale researchers have built the device into sunglasses, to help prevent athletes from getting heat strokes.
