3D Analysis of the Myocardial Microstructure: Determination of Fiber and Sheet Orientations (Repost)
3D Analysis of the Myocardial Microstructure: Determination of Fiber and Sheet Orientations by Johanna Maria Ticar
English | PDF,EPUB | 2016 | 86 Pages | ISBN : 3658114231 | 7.47 MB
The master thesis of Johanna Maria Ticar reveals high-resolution insights into the myocardial microstructure and illustrates that cardiac muscle fibers are straight, running in parallel with one preferred fiber direction, however, deposits such as fat seem to compromise the regular and compact structure. Second harmonic generation imaging combined with optical tissue clearing is an accurate method for determining the three-dimensional muscle fiber and sheet orientations and hence, allows the calculation of fiber rotation throughout the ventricle wall.
Contents
Structure of the Human Myocardium
Imaging Tools for Fiber Mapping
Optical Tissue Clearing
Second Harmonic Generation Imaging
3D Reconstruction and Visualization
Target Groups
Researchers and Students in the field of Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Bioengineering and Biomechanics
Professionals in the field of Biomedicine
The Author
Johanna Maria Ticar, MSc, studied Biomedical Engineering at Graz University of Technology. Her research interests are the microstructure of the human body, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, foremost in the field of cardiology.