Abstract

A real-time confocal multiphoton fluorescence microscope was developed to observe Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> dynamics in living rat- cardiac muscle cells. The real-time imaging was achieved by multifocus excitation of a specimen with a rotating microlens-array disk. A pinhole-array disk for confocal detection was introduced in the microscope to improve the spatial resolution and the contrast of fluorescence images. Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> wave and Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> transient in cultured rat- cardiac cells were successfully observed with the developed microscope.

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