International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 941729, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/941729
Research Article

In Situ Real-Time Chemiluminescence Imaging of Reactive Oxygen Species Formation from Cardiomyocytes

Yunbo Li,1,2 Haiou Shen,3 Hong Zhu,1 Michael A. Trush,4 Ming Jiang,3 and Ge Wang3

1Division of Biomedical Sciences, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
2Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
3Biomedical Imaging Division, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
4Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

Received 6 October 2008; Accepted 19 December 2008

Academic Editor: Guowei Wei

Copyright © 2008 Yunbo Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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