A century of optocardiography.
A century of optocardiography.
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DOI：
10.1109/rbme.2013.2286296
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
17.6
通讯作者：
Efimov, Igor R
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作者：
Boukens, Bas J;Efimov, Igor R
In the past decade, optical mapping provided crucial mechanistic insight into electromechanical function and the mechanism of ventricular fibrillation. Therefore, to date, optical mapping dominates experimental cardiac electrophysiology. The first cardiac measurements involving optics were done in the early 1900s using the fast cinematograph that later evolved into methods for high-resolution activation and repolarization mapping and stimulation of specific cardiac cell types. The field of "optocardiography," therefore, emerged as the use of light for recording or interfering with cardiac physiology. In this review, we discuss how optocardiography developed into the dominant research technique in experimental cardiology. Furthermore, we envision how optocardiographic methods can be used in clinical cardiology.
