[Application of infrared radiometry on the eye (author's transl)]

The non-contact determination of temperature by infrared radiometry allows the focal measuring of the surface temperature of the radiation source. In 119 patients the surface temperature in the middle of the cornea was measured by this method. The average temperatures were 33.50 degrees C (+/-0.91) in men and 33.74 degrees C (+/-0.91) in women. Further clinical testing is suggested first in diseases of the oculo-orbital region and secondly by means of a connected recorder to study the dynamic temperature reaction under the influence of different parameters.