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Visualization of Calcium Activity in Nerve Cells
July 1995 (vol. 15 no. 4)
pp. 55-61
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Lisa M. Sobierajski, Ricardo S. Avila, Donald M. O?Malley, Sidney Wang, Arie E. Kaufman, "Visualization of Calcium Activity in Nerve Cells," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 55-61, July, 1995.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/38.391491,
author = {Lisa M. Sobierajski and Ricardo S. Avila and Donald M. O?Malley and Sidney Wang and Arie E. Kaufman},
title = {Visualization of Calcium Activity in Nerve Cells},
journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
volume = {15},
number = {4},
issn = {0272-1716},
year = {1995},
pages = {55-61},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.391491},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
TI - Visualization of Calcium Activity in Nerve Cells
IS - 4
SN - 0272-1716
SP55
EP61
EPD - 55-61
A1 - Lisa M. Sobierajski,
A1 - Ricardo S. Avila,
A1 - Donald M. O?Malley,
A1 - Sidney Wang,
A1 - Arie E. Kaufman,
PY - 1995
KW - volume visualization
KW - volume rendering
KW - volumetric ray tracing
KW - VolVis
KW - neurobiology
KW - confocal microscopy
VL - 15
JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
ER -
 
Neurobiologists study calcium activity in the nervous system because it plays an important role in many cellular functions. We used calcium imaging techniques, confocal microscopy, and the VolVis volume visualization system to investigate the complex behavior of the nervous system. Our first experiments were aimed at understanding the behavior of an individual neuron. We also investigated how entire populations of neurons interact within a living specimen. The ability to visualize calcium activity with the VolVis system proved to be a powerful tool when studying the complex behavior of the nervous system.

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Index Terms:
volume visualization, volume rendering, volumetric ray tracing, VolVis, neurobiology, confocal microscopy
Citation:
Lisa M. Sobierajski, Ricardo S. Avila, Donald M. O?Malley, Sidney Wang, Arie E. Kaufman, "Visualization of Calcium Activity in Nerve Cells," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 55-61, July 1995, doi:10.1109/38.391491
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