Computational ♥

If you haven’t seen Kevin Clift’s post about the Alya Red computational heart, you need to see it. http://goo.gl/HSmKZ

For more on DTI (mentioned in the Alya Red video) Functional vs. anatomic image http://goo.gl/UTPK7

In this post, I present microCT images of rat and rabbit hearts that were used to image the conducting tissue. Dr. Jarvis et al used an iodine contrast agent, (I2KI) which they found was taken up less in conducting tissue. This provided the contrast necessary to visualize the conducting tissue.

Contrast Enhanced Micro-Computed Tomography Resolves the 3-Dimensional Morphology of the Cardiac Conduction System in Mammalian Hearts

Robert S. Stephenson, Mark R. Boyett, George Hart, Theodora Nikolaidou, Xue Cai, Antonio F. Corno, Nelson Alphonso, Nathan Jeffery,Jonathan C. Jarvis

PLoS One http://goo.gl/K5MLy

You can check out my CT post from my #CHMedicalImagingSeries to see why contrast is important with microCT and soft tissue imaging.

Medical Imaging 101 pt 2: CT http://goo.gl/IHaFw

Here’s a digestible version from Elizabeth Armstrong Moore: http://goo.gl/EAiVd

I leave you with:

Twin Shadow – Run My Heart

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