Extracting intramural wavefront orientation from optical upstroke shapes in whole hearts

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 942-950

  Zemlin, Christian W ^a,d   Bernus, Olivier ^b   Matiukas, Arvydas ^a,c   Hyatt, Christopher J ^a   Pertsov, Arkady M ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; GUINEA PIGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 47749128067     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117887     Document Type: Article

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