Device measures brain temperature non-invasively: Monitoring could be critical in life-saving cooling therapy
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Doctors have long sought a way to directly measure the brain's temperature without inserting a probe through the skull. Now researchers have developed a way to get the brain's precise temperature with a device the diameter of a poker-chip that rests on a patient's head, according to new findings.