Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) imaging of outside-the-cell ion concentration changes associated with ion channel activation (IMAGE)

Chiba University

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) imaging of outside-the-cell ion concentration changes associated with ion channel activation

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Researchers first generated a non-uniform ion distribution around a cell-spheroid. Then, they performed EIT using a printed circuit board sensor. It produced images depicting the ion distribution. An ion transport model was also utilized to calculate the associated transport coefficients.

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Daisuke Kawashima of the Institute for Advanced Academic Research at Chiba University

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