Photon density measured over a cut surface: Implications for optical mapping of the heart

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2102-2104

  Roth, Bradley J ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical mapping; Photon diffusion equation; Transmembrane potential

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CONFORMAL MAPPING;

OPTICAL MAPPING; PHOTON DENSITIES; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL (TMP); WEIGHTED AVERAGING;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; EPICARDIUM; ILLUMINATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; PHOTON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 47649096790     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.925293     Document Type: Article

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