The Nervous Heart: Insights into Autonomic-Mediated Arrhythmias


Cardiac Imaging Data Analysis using BV Workbench


High Speed Imaging of Atrial and Ventricular Action Potential

Animal
Mouse
Sample
Isolated heart
Dye
Voltage Sensitive Dye
Imaging System
MiCAM03-N256
Pixels
256×256
Frame Rate
1,000fps (1.0msec/frame)

Ventricular Fibrillation in Pig Heart



Animal
Pig
Sample
Isolated Heart
Dye
Voltage Sensitive Dye
Imaging System
MiCAM03-N256
Pixels
256×256
Frame Rate
1,818fps (0.55msec/frame)
Provided by
Dr. Jack M. Rogers, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ventricular Fibrillation in Pig Heart

Ventricular Fibrillation in Pig Heart


Imaging System
MiCAM02-HR
Provided by
Dr. Mihaela Pop, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Dept Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

Simultaneous Calcium and Voltage Imaging in Human Ventricle

Simultaneous calcium and voltage imaging in human ventricle (MiCAM ULTIMA-L dual camera)


Simultaneous calcium and voltage imaging in human ventricle with MiCAM ULTIMA-L dual camera system. Figure shows (left to right): photo of transnural wedge human heart preparation, single pixel recordings of Vm and Ca, maps of action potential duration and calcium transient duration at 80% amplitude.

Provided by
Dr.Qing Lou and Dr.Igor Efimov, Washington University in St.Louis

Ventricular Fibrillation in Guinea Pig Heart (MiCAM ULTIMA-L)

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) in guinea pig heart. VF was induced by burst stimulation (35 ms interval, 100 pulses) and field of view is exactly 1×1 cm (1:1 magnification) from anterior region of heart. The first derivative of action potential was calculated to detect wave fronts as shown in this trace. The animation of action potential propagation clearly shows details of the direction and the curvature of the wave front. The heart was retrogradely perfused at 70 mmHg perfusion pressure and 20 ul of di-4 ANEPPS stock solution (1 mg / 1 mL DMSO).

Provided by
Dr.Bum-Rak Choi, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School

高速イメージングシステム MiCAM03-N256

MiCAM03-N256は膜電位感受性色素、カルシウム色素などの蛍光プローブで染色された生体サンプル内の微弱な蛍光輝度変化を高速で捉え、画像化することのできる世界最高性能の光計測システムです。

これまで世界中の脳神経/心臓研究分野で使用され、多くの実績を残したブレインビジョン製MiCAMシリーズの標準モデルである高速イメージングシステムMiCAM02の後継機種となります。

高速撮影・高S/N比、直感的な操作方法などの基本性能は継承しつつ、新開発CMOSカメラヘッドによる高画素化、高速データ転送による長時間記録などの新たな特長が加えられ、これまでには無いイメージングシステムへと進化を遂げました。