Noninvasive technique for measurement of heartbeat regularity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chan, Po Kwok ^a   Lin, Chun Chi ^a   Cheng, Shuk Han ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; BLOOD CIRCULATIONS; BLOOD FLOWS; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CARDIAC RHYTHMS; CARDIOTOXICITY; DANIO RERIO; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SUPPORTS; DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS; HEART RATES; HUMAN BEINGS; MODEL ORGANISMS; MOTION ANALYSIS; NON-INVASIVE METHODS; NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; PERIPHERAL BLOODS; POINCARE PLOTS; POST FERTILIZATIONS; POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SCREENING ASSAYS; SHORT-TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM ANALYSIS; TERFENADINE; VIDEO IMAGE ANALYSIS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH EMBRYOS;

BLOOD; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

TERFENADINE; CARDIOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EMBRYO; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTOXINS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TERFENADINE; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 63849218381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-9-11     Document Type: Article

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