Models of cardiac tissue electrophysiology: progress, challenges and open questions

RH Clayton, O Bernus, EM Cherry, H Dierckx… - Progress in biophysics …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Models of cardiac tissue electrophysiology are an important component of the Cardiac
Physiome Project, which is an international effort to build biophysically based multi-scale …

Coupling multi-physics models to cardiac mechanics

DA Nordsletten, SA Niederer, MP Nash… - Progress in biophysics …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
We outline and review the mathematical framework for representing mechanical deformation
and contraction of the cardiac ventricles, and how this behaviour integrates with other …

Three-dimensional transmural organization of perimysial collagen in the heart

AJ Pope, GB Sands, BH Smaill… - American Journal of …, 2008‏ - journals.physiology.org
There is strong support for the view that the ventricular myocardium has a laminar
organization in which myocytes are grouped into branching layers separated by cleavage …

Three-dimensional virtual histology enabled through cytoplasm-specific X-ray stain for microscopic and nanoscopic computed tomography

M Busse, M Müller, MA Kimm, S Ferstl, S Allner… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
Many histological methods require staining of the cytoplasm, which provides instrumental
details for diagnosis. One major limitation is the production of 2D images obtained by …

Three distinct directions of intramural activation reveal nonuniform side-to-side electrical coupling of ventricular myocytes

BJ Caldwell, ML Trew, GB Sands… - Circulation …, 2009‏ - ahajournals.org
Background—The anisotropy of cardiac tissue is a key determinant of 3D electric
propagation and the stability of activation wave fronts in the heart. The electric properties of …

Simulation of oxygen transport and estimation of tissue perfusion in extensive microvascular networks: Application to cerebral cortex

JT Celaya-Alcala, GV Lee, AF Smith… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Advanced imaging techniques have made available extensive three-dimensional
microvascular network structures. Simulation of oxygen transport by such networks requires …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging heart development using high-resolution episcopic microscopy

TJ Mohun, WJ Weninger - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Development of the heart in vertebrate embryos is a complex process in which the organ is
continually remodelled as chambers are formed, valves sculpted and connections …

High-contrast X-ray micro-radiography and micro-CT of ex-vivo soft tissue murine organs utilizing ethanol fixation and large area photon-counting detector

J Dudak, J Zemlicka, J Karch, M Patzelt, J Mrzilkova… - Scientific reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Using dedicated contrast agents high-quality X-ray imaging of soft tissue structures with
isotropic micrometre resolution has become feasible. This technique is frequently titled as …

Estimation of blood flow rates in large microvascular networks

BC Fry, J Lee, NP Smith, TW Secomb - Microcirculation, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Please cite this paper as: Fry BC, Lee J, Smith NP, Secomb TW. Estimation of blood flow
rates in large microvascular networks. Microcirculation 19: 530–538, 2012. Abstract …

Three-dimensional myoarchitecture of the lower esophageal sphincter and esophageal hiatus using optical sectioning microscopy

A Zifan, D Kumar, LK Cheng, RK Mittal - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Studies to date have failed to reveal the anatomical counterpart of the lower esophageal
sphincter (LES). We assessed the LES and esophageal hiatus morphology using a block …