Title :
Visualization of cardiac action potential wave propagation by fluorescent imaging
Author :
Zhang, Huixiong John
Author_Institution :
Cleveland Clinic Found., OH, USA
Abstract :
Although implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is a well-established therapy for treating patients with sudden cardiac disease, ways to optimize this therapy has been basically empirical. Fluorescent optical mapping system offers ways to visualize the cardiac electric activity during electric shocking. Software applications were developed with Matlab/Labview to facilitate people with limited computer knowledge to analyze the cardiac action potential wave propagation data.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biomedical optical imaging; cardiology; defibrillators; diseases; electric shocks; fluorescence; patient treatment; prosthetics; Labview; Matlab; cardiac action potential wave propagation; cardiac disease; cardiac electric activity; electric shocking; electrophysiology; fluorescent imaging; fluorescent optical mapping system; implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy; patient treatment; Application software; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Data visualization; Fluorescence; Medical treatment; Optical imaging; Optical propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9105-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431966
