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Abstract #81194 Published in IGR 20-3
Characterization of the ocular surface temperature dynamics in glaucoma subjects using long-wave infrared thermal imaging
García-Porta N; Gantes-Nuñez FJ; Tabernero J; Pardhan SJournal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision 2019; 36: 1015-1021
We evaluated the dynamics of ocular surface temperature using thermal imaging in 21 glaucoma subjects and 19 healthy subjects. On opening of the eye, subjects with glaucoma showed significantly cooler temperatures in the central cornea compared to the control group. The upper eyelid was also significantly cooler just before the eye opened. Immediately after opening the eye, the dynamic of temperature change was different in the two groups. In subjects with glaucoma, the eyes cooled significantly faster, with an average decrease of 0.49°C during the first second compared to 0.24°C in the control group. Our results support the hypothesis that both the stability of the tear film and changes in the ocular blood supply in subjects with glaucoma play an important role in thermal dynamics of the ocular surface.
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Classification:
6.30 Other (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
6.11 Bloodflow measurements (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
