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September 18, 2025European Journal of Physics

Infrared imaging used to observe the thermal response of the human skin to local cooling.

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HAHaraldur AudunssonLILilja Bjork IndridadottirKKKristian Karlsson

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Overview

Observational study reveals temperature recovery in human skin post-cooling, indicating thermoregulation insights.

Key Points

  • Temperature recovery in human skin was measured using thermal imaging following local cooling, revealing thermal properties.
  • The observation highlighted that the rate of temperature recovery is associated with skin perfusion and thermal properties.
  • Simple thermal models based on Newton's law of cooling were utilized to analyze the thermal response effectively.
  • This non-invasive method serves as an insightful approach for studying human thermoregulation in physiology education.

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Audunsson et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d461b631b076d99fa607ffhttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae0845
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