Brain temperature is difficult to measure. Here's how a new infrared technique can help
- Written by Blanca del Rosal Rabes, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

Brain temperature is implicated in many common conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and headaches.
Changes in brain temperature can indicate there is a disease developing, but researchers have struggled to measure it. The use of conventional thermometers is very invasive, and remote...