Optical imaging of voltage and calcium in cardiac cells & tissues

Circulation Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-623

  Herron, Todd J ^a   Lee, Peter ^b   Jalife, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; fluorescence; multiparametric; optical mapping; optogenetics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTIFACT; BIOENGINEERING; CAMERA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTOGENETICS; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TIME FACTORS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84857527656     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.247494     Document Type: Review

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