Quantification of fiber orientation in the canine atrial pacemaker complex using optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ambrosi, Christina M ^a   Fedorov, Vadim V ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^b   Rollins, Andrew M ^c   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Conduction; Imaging; Myocardium; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SINOATRIAL NODE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84872033845     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.7.071309     Document Type: Article

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