Computer Three-Dimensional Anatomical Reconstruction of the Human Sinus Node and a Novel Paranodal Area

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 970-979

  Chandler, Natalie ^a   Aslanidi, Oleg ^a   Buckley, David ^b   Inada, Shin ^a   Birchall, Steven ^a   Atkinson, Andrew ^a   Kirk, Danielle ^a   Monfredi, Oliver ^a   Molenaar, Peter ^c   Anderson, Robert ^a   Sharma, Vinod ^d   Sigg, Daniel ^d   Zhang, Henggui ^a   Boyett, Mark ^a   Dobrzynski, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

3D anatomical model; Arrhythmias; Pacemaking; Sinus node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS; RATS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79956259353     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21379     Document Type: Article

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