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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Depth and radius of regions interrogated by cardiac optical mapping with a laser beam depend on photon travel inside the heart. It would be useful to limit the range of depth and radius interrogated. We modeled the effects of a condensing lens to concentrate laser light at a target depth inside the heart, and near infrared excitation to increase penetration and produce two-photon absorption. A Monte Carlo simulation that incorporated a 0.55-NA lens, and absorption and scattering of 1064- or 488-nm laser light in 3-D cardiac tissue indicated the distribution of excitation fluence inside the tissue. A subsequent simulation incorporating absorption and scattering of transmembrane voltage-sensitive fluorescence (wavelength 669 nm) indicated locations from which fluorescence photons exiting the tissue surface originated. The results indicate that mapping at depths up to 300 microm in hearts can provide significant improvement in localization over existing cardiac optical mapping. The estimated interrogation region is sufficiently small to examine cardiac events at a cellular or subcellular scale and may allow mapping at various depths in the heart.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1083-3668
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial localization of cardiac optical mapping with multiphoton excitation.
pubmed:affiliation
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Department of Biomedical Engineering of the School of Medicine, CB #7575, 152 MacNider Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7575, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies