Optical recording system based on a fiber optic image conduit: Assessment of microscopic activation patterns in cardiac tissue

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1062-1075

  Rohr, Stephan ^a   Kucera, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIBEROSCOPE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RECORDING;

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EID: 0031852817     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77596-4     Document Type: Article

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