Title :
High-Speed Digital Data Acquisition of Sarcomere Length from Isolated Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Cells
Author :
Lieber, Richard L. ; Roos, Kenneth P. ; Lubell, Bradford A. ; Cline, James W. ; Baskin, Ronald J.
Author_Institution :
Department of Orthopaedic Research, Veterans Administration Medical Center
Abstract :
A digital data acquisition system has been developed which obtains sarcomere length data from a contracting skeletal muscle fiber or cardiac myocyte. The design is such that it can be used on any computer system capable of data channel operation (direct memory access).
Keywords :
Data acquisition; Diffraction; Heart; Laboratories; Monitoring; Muscles; Optical fiber devices; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Zoology; Animals; Anura; Computers; Muscles; Myocardium;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1983.325166
