Clinical & Experimental Cardiology

Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9880

Research Article - (2016) Volume 7, Issue 9

A Non-Contact Method to Assess Contractility on the Langendorff’s Model Based on CCD Imaging

Constantinos Grivas1*, George Panayiotakis1, Dimitrios Dougenis2, Eleftherios Koumas3 and Constantinos Anagnostopoulos4
1Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece
2Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece
3Senior Fellow, Cardiac Anaesthesia, Harefiled Hospital, Hill End Road, London, UK
4Surgical Skills Center/Experimental Physiology Lab, Manchester Science Park, UK
*Corresponding Author: Constantinos Grivas, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece, Tel: +306936492261 Email:

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