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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254609703321

Autore

Ticar Johanna Maria

Titolo

3D Analysis of the Myocardial Microstructure : Determination of Fiber and Sheet Orientations / / by Johanna Maria Ticar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2016

ISBN

3-658-11424-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 p.)

Collana

BestMasters, , 2625-3615

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Biophysics

Medicine - Research

Biology - Research

Bioanalysis and Bioimaging

Biomedical Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgment; Contents; List of Figures; Abstract; Kurzfassung; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Materials; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 Diffusion tensor imaging; 2.2.2 Multi-photon microscopy; 3 Results; 3.1 Diffusion tensor imaging; 3.2 Multi-photon microscopy; 3.2.1 Three-dimensional reconstruction and visualization; 3.2.2 Data analysis; 4 Discussion; 4.1 Diffusion tensor imaging; 4.2 Multi-photon microscopy; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

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.