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Acq Knowledge® 4 Software Guide

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Data Acquisition and Analysis with BIOPAC Hardware Systems

Reference Manual for

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE TO ACQKNOWLEDGE SOFTWARE GUIDE .................................................. 15 Welcome ..................................................................................................................................................................15

Supported Platforms .................................................................................................................................................15

What’s new for Acq Knowledge 4.4.1 ......................................................................................................................16

User Support System ................................................................................................................................................19

Where do I find help? ...............................................................................................................................................20

PART A — GETTING STARTED ....................................................................................... 23

Chapter 1 MP Systems Overview ............................................................................................................................... 23

MP36R support ........................................................................................................................................................24

MP System Requirements ........................................................................................................................................24

Automator Integration and Scripting Support ..........................................................................................................25

MP System Features.................................................................................................................................................26

Application Features ................................................................................................................................................29

Application Notes ....................................................................................................................................................30

Chapter 2 Acq Knowledge Overview ........................................................................................................................... 31

Launching the Acq Knowledge software ..................................................................................................................32

Setting up channels using Module Setup (MP150 Hardware) .................................................................................34 Setting up channels manually...................................................................................................................................34

Basic Analog Channel Information ..........................................................................................................................35

Basic Digital Channel Information ..........................................................................................................................35

Basic Calculation Channel Information ...................................................................................................................35

Selecting Hardware ..................................................................................................................................................35

Setting Up Acquisitions ...........................................................................................................................................36

Starting an Acquisition .............................................................................................................................................37

Stopping an Acquisition ...........................................................................................................................................37

Display Modes .........................................................................................................................................................38

Data Views ...............................................................................................................................................................44

Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................................45

Selecting a waveform ...............................................................................................................................................47 Show/Hide Channel .................................................................................................................................................47

Collapsing Channels ................................................................................................................................................48

Zoom ........................................................................................................................................................................49

Select an area ...........................................................................................................................................................49

Keyboard data selection ...........................................................................................................................................49

Transform data .........................................................................................................................................................50

Measurements ..........................................................................................................................................................50

Events (Markers) ......................................................................................................................................................51

Grids .........................................................................................................................................................................51

Horizontal Split View ..............................................................................................................................................51


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Autoscroll Horizontal Axis Controls ....................................................................................................................... 52

Journals .................................................................................................................................................................... 53

Saving data ............................................................................................................................................................... 53

Format change warnings ............................................................................................................................................ 53

“Data Snapshot” — Embedded Archive .................................................................................................................. 54

Print.......................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Chapter 3 User Interface & Context Menu Features ............................................................................................... 56

Toolbars ............................................................................................................................................................................. 57

Main, Display and Scaling Toolbars ........................................................................................................................ 58

Hardware Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 58

Cursor Toolbar ......................................................................................................................................................... 58

Selection Palette ....................................................................................................................................................... 62

Start/Stop Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 62

Channel Button Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................... 63

Event Toolbar .......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Focus Area Toolbar ................................................................................................................................................. 63

Measurements Toolbar............................................................................................................................................. 63

Custom Toolbars for Transformations and Analysis .......... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... . 63

Toolbar Position Retention and Changes ................................................................................................................. 64 Axis Controls ........................................................................................................................................................... 64

Enable Cursor Tools During Acquisitions ............................................................................................................... 64

Button Transparency ................................................................................................................................................ 65

Customizable Chart Track Dividers ......................................................................................................................... 65

Plotting Background Colors ..................................................................................................................................... 65

Spectrum Analyzer Palette ....................................................................................................................................... 65

Keyboard Shortcuts .................................................................................................................................................. 65

Tooltips .................................................................................................................................................................... 69

Mouse Controls ........................................................................................................................................................ 70

Mouse Scrollwheel Support ..................................................................................................................................... 70

Modification History ................................................................................................................................................ 70

Cancelling Transformations and Transformation Progress Bar ............................................................................... 71 Typed Event Label Drawing Improvements ............................................................................................................ 71

Choose MP150 Help Button .................................................................................................................................... 71

Tooltips .............................................................................................................................................................................. 71

Channel Label, Units Length and Tooltips ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 71

Graph Window Tooltip Improvements .................................................................................................................... 72

Menu Item Tooltips ................................................................................................................................................. 72

Chapter 4 Editing and Analysis Features .................................................................................................................. 73

Scroll bars ................................................................................................................................................................ 73

Scaling ..................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Horizontal axis ........................................................................................................................................................... 74

Vertical (Amplitude) axis .......................................................................................................................................... 75 Adaptive Scaling ...................................................................................................................................................... 76

Show Textual Value Display ................................................................................................................................... 76

Grid Details .............................................................................................................................................................. 78 Grid Options .............................................................................................................................................................. 81

Journal Details ......................................................................................................................................................... 83

Journal Contextual Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 83

Rich Journals.............................................................................................................................................................. 84

Journal Toolbar Buttons ............................................................................................................................................. 84

Journal Numerical Table Tools .................................................................................................................................. 85

Example of Sum, Mean or Standard .......................................................................................................................... 86

Example of Evaluate Expression ............................................................................................................................... 87


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Adding a hyperlink to the Journal .............................................................................................................................. 87

Embedding PDFs in Journals ..................................................................................................................................... 88

Select a waveform / channel .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........ 88

Channel Labels .........................................................................................................................................................88

Show/Hide Channel .................................................................................................................................................89

Focus Areas ..............................................................................................................................................................89

Creating Focus Areas ...............................................................................................................................................89

Measurements ..........................................................................................................................................................91 Measurement Display ................................................................................................................................................ 92 Measurement Area ..................................................................................................................................................... 92

Measurements and Measurement Presets ................................................................................................................... 94

Measurement Validation ............................................................................................................................................ 94

Measurement Info / Parameters ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 94 Measurement Interpolation ........................................................................................................................................ 95

Exporting measurements ......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 95

PART B—ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS: THE HARDWARE MENU ................................ 106 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................106

Set Up Data Acquisition > Data Acquisition Settings ...........................................................................................107

Chapter 5 Set Up Channels ....................................................................................................................................... 109

Set Up Channels—The Basics ........................................................................................................................................ 109

Module-based analog channel setup ......................................................................................................................109

View by Channels ..................................................................................................................................................111

Set Up Channels—Advanced ......................................................................................................................................... 114

Analog channels .....................................................................................................................................................114

Increased Channel Count Support (Acq Knowledge 4.3 and above) ......................................................................115

Analog channels MP36R .......................................................................................................................................116

Offset .....................................................................................................................................................................116

Adjustable, user defined, digital IIR filters for MP36R .........................................................................................117

High Pass Filters MP36R .......................................................................................................................................117

Additional controls in MP36R Input Channel Parameters .....................................................................................118

MP36R Advanced Preset Settings .........................................................................................................................118

MP36R Transducer SSID Table .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .........121

Digital Channels .....................................................................................................................................................122

Calculation Channels .............................................................................................................................................122

Metachannel ...........................................................................................................................................................123

Chapter 6 Calculation Channel Presets .................................................................................................................... 126

Integrate Calculation .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... ....... 127

Smoothing Calculation ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... .... 132

Rate Calculation ....................................................................................................................................................... 134 Signal Parameters Tab ............................................................................................................................................. 135

Output Tab ............................................................................................................................................................... 136 Function Calculation .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... ....... 138

Filter IIR Calculation ............................................................................................................................................... 139

Expression ................................................................................................................................................................ 141 Delay Calculation ..................................................................................................................................................... 148

Fourier Linear Combiners: FLC, WFLC, CWFLC Calculations ............................................................................. 153

Basic FLC ................................................................................................................................................................ 153

Weighted-Frequency FLC ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ......... 153

Coupled WFLC/FLC................................................................................................................................................ 153

Adaptive Filtering Calculation ................................................................................................................................. 154 Comb Band Stop Filter Calculation ......................................................................................................................... 154

Metachannel ............................................................................................................................................................. 154

Rescale Calculation .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ......... 155


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Slew Rate Limiter .................................................................................................................................................... 156

Filter - FIR ............................................................................................................................................................... 157

Chapter 7 Data Acquisition ...................................................................................................................................... 158

Data Acquisition—The Basics ............................................................................................................................... 158

Multiple Hardware ................................................................................................................................................... 161

Averaging (MP150 Hardware only) .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .. 162

Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 162

Averaging Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 164 Advanced Averaging—P300 ................................................................................................................................... 165

Repeating ................................................................................................................................................................. 167

Starting an acquisition............................................................................................................................................ 169

Stopping an Acquisition ......................................................................................................................................... 169

Rewind ................................................................................................................................................................... 169

Saving acquisition data .......................................................................................................................................... 169

Timers (Stop watches and Elapsed timers) ............................................................................................................ 170

Timer Types ........................................................................................................................................................... 170

Electrode Checker .................................................................................................................................................. 171

Chapter 8 Set Up Triggering ..................................................................................................................................... 173

Digital Triggers (MP150 only) .............................................................................................................................. 173

Analog Triggers ..................................................................................................................................................... 174

Chapter 9 Set Up Stimulator..................................................................................................................................... 176

Analog Output for MP150 Users ........................................................................................................................... 180

Dual Stimulation .................................................................................................................................................... 181

Square waves ......................................................................................................................................................... 182

Tone Stimuli .......................................................................................................................................................... 183

Ramp Waves .......................................................................................................................................................... 183

Arbitrary Waveform............................................................................................................................................... 184

MP150 Stimulator Sample Rates ........................................................................................................................... 185

Analog Output Upper Limits Summary ................................................................................................................. 186

Chapter 10 Output Control ..................................................................................................................................... 187 CH# to Output ........................................................................................................................................................ 189

MP36R Input > Output Scaling .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ......... 190

Digital Outputs Control.......................................................................................................................................... 191

Pulses Output Control ............................................................................................................................................ 192

Stimulator – BSLSTM Output Control .................................................................................................................. 192

Stimulator – Low Voltage Output Control .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 192

Stimulator Human Stimulator (STMHUM) Output Control .................................................................................. 192

Pulse Sequence Output Control ............................................................................................................................. 194

Visual Stim Controllable LED – OUT4 Output Control .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 198

Sound Sequence Output Control ............................................................................................................................ 199

Pulse Defititions ..................................................................................................................................................... 201

Output Control Panel Descriptions ........................................................................................................................ 202 Usage Guidelines & Setup Summary for BSLSTM Output Control .............. ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .. 211

Chapter 11 Set Up Event Marking......................................................................................................................... 213

Events (Markers) .................................................................................................................................................... 213 Event (Marker) Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 213

Event Toolbar .......................................................................................................................................................... 214

Event Tooltips .......................................................................................................................................................... 214

Preferences for Events ............................................................................................................................................. 214 Event Marking Setup ............................................................................................................................................... 216

Create/Toggle Focus Area Action............................................................................................................................ 217

Event Palette ............................................................................................................................................................ 218


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Audio ....................................................................................................................................................................... 223

Event Type Options ................................................................................................................................................. 223

Printing Events ......................................................................................................................................................... 228

Events and Waveform Editing ................................................................................................................................. 229

Constructing Graph Selections from Events ............................................................................................................ 229

Event Plotting and Variable Sampling Rate ............................................................................................................. 229

Chapter 12 Other Hardware Menu Commands ................................................................................................... 230

Show Input Values .................................................................................................................................................230 Manual Control (MP150 only) ...............................................................................................................................231

Set Up Linked Acquisitions ...................................................................................................................................233

Limitations on Linked Acquisitions synchronization methods ..............................................................................234

Manage Hardware Connections .............................................................................................................................235

MP150 Info ............................................................................................................................................................236

Segment Labels ......................................................................................................................................................236

Sound Feedback .....................................................................................................................................................236

Gauge .....................................................................................................................................................................238 Gauge Preferences.................................................................................................................................................... 238

Segment Timer “Stopwatch” option ........................................................................................................................ 240

Autoplot and Scroll ................................................................................................................................................242

Warn on Overwrite.................................................................................................................................................242

Organize Channel Presets ......................................................................................................................................243

PART C—ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS ................................................................................. 244 Toolbars ................................................................................................................................................................... 244

Shortcuts .................................................................................................................................................................. 244

Chapter 13 File Menu Commands .......................................................................................................................... 245

New .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ...........245 Graph Window ......................................................................................................................................................... 245

New > Graph-specific Journal ....... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ...... 245

New > Independent Journal ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ...... 245 New > Data View .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .. 245

New > Batch Acquisition .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... 246 Batch Errors ............................................................................................................................................................. 246

Open .......................................................................................................................................................................248

Open Recent ...........................................................................................................................................................254

Open for Playback ..................................................................................................................................................254

SMI BeGaze Import ...............................................................................................................................................254

Dataquest Import ....................................................................................................................................................255

Close ......................................................................................................................................................................256

Save ........................................................................................................................................................................257

Save As ..................................................................................................................................................................257

Save Selection As...................................................................................................................................................263

Save Journal Text As .............................................................................................................................................264

File Format prompts ................................................................................................................................................. 264 Send Email Attachment .........................................................................................................................................265

Copy to Dropbox – Open from Dropbox ...............................................................................................................265

Page setup ..............................................................................................................................................................266

Print ........................................................................................................................................................................266

Quit ........................................................................................................................................................................267

Chapter 14 Edit Menu Commands ......................................................................................................................... 268

Undo / Can’t undo ..................................................................................................................................................269

Cut ..........................................................................................................................................................................269

Copy .......................................................................................................................................................................270

Paste .......................................................................................................................................................................270


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Clear ....................................................................................................................................................................... 270

Clear all .................................................................................................................................................................. 270

Select All ............................................................................................................................................................... 271

Insert waveform ..................................................................................................................................................... 271

Duplicate waveform ............................................................................................................................................... 271

Remove waveform ................................................................................................................................................. 271

Remove last appended segment ............................................................................................................................. 271

Create Data Snapshot ............................................................................................................................................. 271

Merge Graphs ........................................................................................................................................................ 272

Merging graphs as data segments .......................................................................................................................... 273

Clipboard ............................................................................................................................................................... 273

Journal .................................................................................................................................................................... 275

Chapter 15 Transform Menu Commands .............................................................................................................. 278

Recently Used Transformations ............................................................................................................................. 279

Digital Filters ......................................................................................................................................................... 279 FIR Filters ................................................................................................................................................................ 282

Digital filter dialog ................................................................................................................................................... 282 IIR Filters ................................................................................................................................................................. 284

Adaptive Filtering .................................................................................................................................................... 285

Comb Band Stop Filter ............................................................................................................................................ 285 Fourier Linear Combiners ...................................................................................................................................... 288

Basic FLC ................................................................................................................................................................ 288

Weighted-Frequency FLC ....................................................................................................................................... 288

Math Functions ...................................................................................................................................................... 290

Template Functions ................................................................................................................................................ 292

Set Template ............................................................................................................................................................ 292

Remove mean .......................................................................................................................................................... 293

Template algorithms ................................................................................................................................................ 294 Adaptive Template Matching................................................................................................................................... 296

Integral ................................................................................................................................................................... 297

Derivative .............................................................................................................................................................. 298

Integrate ................................................................................................................................................................. 299

Output Reset ............................................................................................................................................................ 299 Smoothing .............................................................................................................................................................. 302

Difference .............................................................................................................................................................. 303

Resample ................................................................................................................................................................ 304 Resample Graph ....................................................................................................................................................... 304

Resample Waveform ................................................................................................................................................ 304

Expression .............................................................................................................................................................. 305

Delay ...................................................................................................................................................................... 305

Rescale ................................................................................................................................................................... 306

Waveform Math ..................................................................................................................................................... 306

Slew Rate Limiter .................................................................................................................................................. 307

Chapter 16 Analysis Menu Commands .................................................................................................................. 309

Histogram .............................................................................................................................................................. 309

Autoregressive Modeling .......... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ......... 310

Nonlinear Modeling ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ...... 311

Power Spectral Density .......................................................................................................................................... 313

AR Time-Frequency Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 313

FFT Fast Fourier Transformation ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ...... 314

Inverse FFT .............................................................................................................................................................. 317

DWT Discrete Wavelet Transformation ................................................................................................................ 319

Inverse DWT.......................................................................................................................................................... 319

Principal Component Analysis............................................................................................................................... 319

Inverse PCA ............................................................................................................................................................. 319


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Independent Component Analysis .........................................................................................................................320

Inverse ICA .............................................................................................................................................................. 320

Find Cycle (Peak Detector) ....................................................................................................................................321

Cycles/Peaks tab ...................................................................................................................................................... 321

Find Next Cycle .....................................................................................................................................................322

Find All Cycles in Graph .......................................................................................................................................322

Find in Selected Area .............................................................................................................................................322

Find All Cycles in Focus Areas .............................................................................................................................322

Find First Cycle ......................................................................................................................................................322

Preview (Selection tab) ..........................................................................................................................................322

Find Cycle definitions ............................................................................................................................................322 Selection tab ............................................................................................................................................................. 325

Output tab................................................................................................................................................................. 326 Output Measurements .............................................................................................................................................. 326

Output: Averaging—Offline .................................................................................................................................... 326

Output 3D Surface ................................................................................................................................................... 327

Output Events ........................................................................................................................................................... 328

Event definition ........................................................................................................................................................ 328

Event Location Table ............................................................................................................................................... 330 Output Focus Area ................................................................................................................................................... 331

Output: Clustering .................................................................................................................................................... 332

Algorithm Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 332 Clustering Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 333

Number of clusters .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... 333 Locate Cluster Centers ............................................................................................................................................. 333

Manually .................................................................................................................................................................. 333

By Learning ............................................................................................................................................................. 334

Training Set Definition ............................................................................................................................................ 334

Max. iterations ......................................................................................................................................................... 334

Tolerance.................................................................................................................................................................. 334

Remove Outliers ...................................................................................................................................................... 334

Clustering Criteria .................................................................................................................................................... 335

Clustering Output ..................................................................................................................................................... 335

Find Rate ................................................................................................................................................................338

Modes of Operation ...............................................................................................................................................338 Additional Find Rate Dialog Settings, Output Tab .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 343

Specialized Analysis ..............................................................................................................................................344

Chapter 17 Specialized Analysis .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... . 345

Detect and Classify Heartbeats ..............................................................................................................................348

Locate Human ECG Complex Boundaries ............................................................................................................348

Locate Animal ECG Complex Boundaries ............................................................................................................349

Gastric Wave Analysis ...........................................................................................................................................349

Gastric Wave Coupling ..........................................................................................................................................349

Chaos Analysis .......................................................................................................................................................350 Detrended Fluctuation Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 350

Optimal Embedding Dimension ............................................................................................................................... 350

Optimal Time Delay................................................................................................................................................. 350

Plot Attractor ............................................................................................................................................................ 351

Correlation Coefficient ..........................................................................................................................................351

Electrodermal Activity ...........................................................................................................................................351

Derive Phasic EDA from Tonic ............................................................................................................................... 352

Event-related EDA Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 353

Sorting Options ........................................................................................................................................................ 355

Locate SCRs ............................................................................................................................................................. 358

EDA Measurements ................................................................................................................................................. 359

Electroencephalography .........................................................................................................................................361 Compute Approximate Entropy ............................................................................................................................... 361

Delta Power Analysis ............................................................................................................................................... 361


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Derive Alpha RMS .................................................................................................................................................. 362

Derive EEG Frequency Bands ................................................................................................................................. 362

EEG Frequency Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 363

Seizure Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................... 364

Seizure Analysis Parameters .................................................................................................................................... 365

Remove EOG Artifacts ............................................................................................................................................ 366

Preferences… ........................................................................................................................................................... 367

Electromyography .................................................................................................................................................. 368

Derive Average Rectified EMG ............................................................................................................................... 368 Derive Integrated EMG ............................................................................................................................................ 368

Derive Root Mean Square EMG .............................................................................................................................. 368 EMG Frequency and Power Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 369

Locate Muscle Activation ........................................................................................................................................ 369

Preferences… ........................................................................................................................................................... 370

Ensemble Average ................................................................................................................................................. 370

Epoch Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................... 372

Focus Areas between Events and Segments ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... . 373

Hemodynamic Analysis .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... 373

ABP Classifier ......................................................................................................................................................... 374 Arterial Blood Pressure ............................................................................................................................................ 374

ECG Interval Extraction .......................................................................................................................................... 375

Estimate Cardiac Output from ABP ......................................................................................................................... 376 Left Ventricular Blood Pressure .............................................................................................................................. 377

LVP Classifier.......................................................................................................................................................... 378 Monophasic Action Potential ................................................................................................................................... 379

MAP Classifier ........................................................................................................................................................ 380

Preferences ............................................................................................................................................................... 380

HRV and RSA Analysis......................................................................................................................................... 381

Multi-epoch HRV – Statistical ................................................................................................................................. 381

Multi-epoch HRV and RSA – Spectral .................................................................................................................... 382

R-R Poincare Plot .................................................................................................................................................... 383

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA Time-series) .................................................................................................. 384 Single-epoch HRV – Spectral .................................................................................................................................. 385

Frequency Bands .................................................................................................................................................... 387

PSD Options .......................................................................................................................................................... 387 Improvements to PSD Options (Acq Knowledge 4.3 and higher)........................................................................... 389

Impedance Cardiography Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 391 Body Surface Area ................................................................................................................................................... 391

dZ/dt Derive from Raw Z ........................................................................................................................................ 391

dZ/dt Classifier ........................................................................................................................................................ 391

ICG Analysis............................................................................................................................................................ 394

Ideal Body Weight ................................................................................................................................................... 397

PEP Pre-ejection Period ........................................................................................................................................... 397

dZ/dt Remove Motion Artifacts ............................................................................................................................... 398

VEPT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 398 Preferences ............................................................................................................................................................... 399

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ................................................................................................................................ 400

Artifact Frequency Removal .................................................................................................................................... 400 Artifact Projection Removal .................................................................................................................................... 402

Median Filter Artifact Removal ............................................................................................................................... 402

Signal Blanking........................................................................................................................................................ 403

Neurophysiology ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... 404

Amplitude Histograms ............................................................................................................................................. 404

Average Action Potentials ....................................................................................................................................... 404

Classify Spikes ......................................................................................................................................................... 405

Dwell Time Histograms ........................................................................................................................................... 405

Find Overlapping Spike Episodes ............................................................................................................................ 406

Generate Spike Trains .............................................................................................................................................. 406

Locate Spike Episodes ............................................................................................................................................. 406

Set Episode Width and Offset .................................................................................................................................. 407


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Scaling Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................................ 433

Scope........................................................................................................................................................................ 433

Selection Palette ..................................................................................................................................................... 433

Spectrum Analyzer Palette ..................................................................................................................................... 434

Timers .................................................................................................................................................................... 434

Location Palette ..................................................................................................................................................... 434

Stacked Plot Options .............................................................................................................................................. 436

Step plot ................................................................................................................................................................. 436

Toolbar ................................................................................................................................................................... 436

X/Y ........................................................................................................................................................................ 436 Customize Toolbars ................................................................................................................................................. 437

Spectrum Analyzer Palette Details .......................................................................................................................... 438

Channel Information .............................................................................................................................................. 441

Preferences... .......................................................................................................................................................... 441 Measurements Preferences .......... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ......... 445

Waveforms Preferences ........................................................................................................................................... 446

Event Summary Preferences .................................................................................................................................... 447

Graph Preferences .................................................................................................................................................... 447

Journal Preferences .................................................................................................................................................. 448

Hardware Preferences .............................................................................................................................................. 448

Performance Preferences ......................................................................................................................................... 448

Networking Preferences .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .. 449 Other Preferences ..................................................................................................................................................... 449

Window Preferences ................................................................................................................................................ 450

Focus Areas Preferences .......................................................................................................................................... 450

Location Preferences ................................................................................................................................................ 450

Resetting All Preferences to Factory Default ........................................................................................................... 450

Scroll options ........................................................................................................................................................... 451

Size window... .......................................................................................................................................................... 451

Cursor Style ........................................................................................................................................................... 451

Create Data View ................................................................................................................................................... 451

Create Focus Area .................................................................................................................................................. 452

Organize Data Snaphots ......................................................................................................................................... 452

Show All Data Snaphots ........................................................................................................................................ 452

Load All Data Into Memory .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 452

Chapter 19 Program & OS Menus.......................................................................................................................... 453

Acq Knowledge menu ............................................................................................................................................. 453

Window menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 453

Bring All to Front .................................................................................................................................................... 453

Help menu .............................................................................................................................................................. 453

Chapter 20 Media Menu .......................................................................................................................................... 455

Synchronization Tip ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ...... 456

Media > Set Up ...................................................................................................................................................... 457

Linked Media ......................................................................................................................................................... 458

Media > Capture .................................................................................................................................................... 458 Playback Preview ................................................................................................................................................... 458

Media Playback Example ...................................................................................................................................... 459

Media Capture Setup with CAM-HFR-A High Speed Camera .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 461

PART D — LICENSED FUNCTIONALITIES ................................................................... 463

Chapter 21 Licensed Functionality: Network Data Transfer ............................................................................... 464

Data Connections ................................................................................................................................................... 465

Variable Sampling Rates ........................................................................................................................................ 465

Transfer Types ....................................................................................................................................................... 465


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Single Connection .................................................................................................................................................... 465

Multiple Connection ................................................................................................................................................ 466

XML-RPC ................................................................................................................................................................ 467

Transport Protocol..................................................................................................................................................467

TCP/IP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 467 UDP ......................................................................................................................................................................... 467

XML-RPC ................................................................................................................................................................ 468

Real-time Delivery Guarantees ..............................................................................................................................468

Data Formats ..........................................................................................................................................................469 Default Data Connection Settings ..........................................................................................................................469

Locating Acq Knowledge Servers ...........................................................................................................................470

Control Connections ..............................................................................................................................................470

TCP Port ................................................................................................................................................................470

Control Procedure Calls .........................................................................................................................................470 Channel Index Parameter Structures ........................................................................................................................ 470

Querying Acquisition Parameters ............................................................................................................................ 471

Data Connection Configuration Commands ............................................................................................................ 472

Reading Data During Acquisition ............................................................................................................................ 475

Other Control Connection Commands ..................................................................................................................... 476

Chapter 22 Licensed Functionality: Vibromyography .......................................................................................... 478

Sampling Rate Restrictions ...................................................................................................................................... 478 Transducer Setup...................................................................................................................................................... 478

Post-Analysis Selection Adjustment ........................................................................................................................ 479

Data Modification History Name ............................................................................................................................. 479 VMG Calculation Channel Preset ............................................................................................................................ 479

VMG Sample Data Files .......................................................................................................................................... 480

Chapter 23 Licensed Functionality: Scripting .............................................................................

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