CalTrack

CalTrack quantifies calcium transients in cardiomyocytes to measure calcium signaling dynamics relevant to cardiac function and pathology.


Key Features:

  • High-Throughput Capability: Processes large imaging datasets to enable analysis across numerous samples.
  • Automation: Automates detection and quantification workflows, reducing manual intervention and minimizing human error.
  • Precision in Analysis: Extracts detailed transient parameters including amplitude, frequency, and duration.
  • Signal Detection and Quantification: Uses advanced algorithms to detect and quantify calcium signals from imaging data.

Scientific Applications:

  • Mechanistic cardiac disease studies: Quantifies calcium dynamics to investigate mechanisms underlying heart disease.
  • Cardiomyocyte electrophysiology: Provides parameters of calcium transients to assess electrophysiological properties of cardiomyocytes.
  • Arrhythmia and cardiac dysfunction research: Enables analysis of calcium signaling alterations associated with arrhythmias and other dysfunctions.

Methodology:

CalTrack employs advanced algorithms to detect and quantify calcium signals from imaging data and processes those signals to extract parameters such as amplitude, frequency, and duration.

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Details

Tool Type:
command-line tool
Programming Languages:
MATLAB
Added:
6/14/2021
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

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Publications

Psaras Y, Margara F, Cicconet M, Sparrow AJ, Repetti GG, Schmid M, Steeples V, Wilcox JA, Bueno-Orovio A, Redwood CS, Watkins HC, Robinson P, Rodriguez B, Seidman JG, Seidman CE, Toepfer CN. CalTrack: High-Throughput Automated Calcium Transient Analysis in Cardiomyocytes. Circulation Research. 2021;129(2):326-341. doi:10.1161/circresaha.121.318868. PMID:34018815. PMCID:PMC8260473.

PMID: 34018815
PMCID: PMC8260473
Funding: - Wellcome: 206466/Z/17/Z - British Heart Foundation: RE/18/3/34214 - National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research: NC/P001076/1 - HHS | National Institutes of Health: 5R01HL080494, 5R01HL084553

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