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. 2013 Aug 28;54(8):5908–5912. doi: 10.1167/iovs.13-12133

Table.

Temperature Variation

Eye Group
Sample
Cornea T0§, °C
US-Treated
Cornea T6||, °C
D* 1 34 Yes 40.3
2 34.4 Yes 40.0
3 34.1 Yes 40.3
4 33.8 Yes 40.3
E† 1 27.5 Yes 38.5
2 25.5 Yes 39.1
3 25.6 Yes 38.8
4 27.5 No 33.0
5 25.5 No 30.0
6 25.6 No 31.0
* 

Group D = Eyes initially at 34°C, submerged in riboflavin solution at 34°C.

† 

Group E = Eyes initially at 34°C, submerged in riboflavin solution at 24°C.

‡ 

US, Ultrasound.

§ 

T0 = Temperature in the cornea at time 0 minutes, immediately after eye submersion in riboflavin solution.

|| 

T6 = Temperature in the cornea at time 6 minutes.