LabChart (formerly known as Chart) is a data acquisition software package produced by ADInstruments.
| LabChart | |
|---|---|
| Developer | ADInstruments |
| OS family | Windows XP and above, Mac OS X |
| Initial release | 27th February 2008 |
| Latest release | ver6.1.2 / 3rd November 2008 |
| Marketing target | Health care, Research, Education |
| Available in | English, Japanese, Chinese |
LabChart functions like a traditional multi-channel chart recorder, X–Y plotter, polygraph and digital voltmeter. The software records up to 16 data channels and 32 analysis channels in a single file on computer hard disks. Some data sources can also be controlled using the software.
The collected data can be either presented in real-time, i.e. while it is being recorded, or it can be played back later for offline analysis. On screen, that data is presented in a manner that resembles the output of a paper chart recorder, for example as an electrocardiogram or a peristimulus time histogram. The application can be automated with macros, and runs on either Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh systems.
LabChart consists of several modules for interpreting data. These assist
- the analysis of cardiovascular parameters from arterial or ventricular pressure signals.
- calculations of cardiac output from thermodilution curve.
- pre-experiment determination of optimal pretension of muscles.
- analysis of dose response type data.
- detection of PQRST onset, amplitude and interval times in electrocardiograms.
- the measure of the beat-to-beat variations in heart rate.
- the discrimination of extracellular neural spike activity.
Labchart also has the capability to synchronize a video feed with acquired data.
References
- Miyadera, Y.; Nakamura, S.; Nanashima, T.; Yokoyama, S. (2008), "LabChart: A Support System for Collaborative Research Activities in University Laboratories and its Practical Evaluations", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Visualisation, London: IEEE, pp. 169–178, doi:10.1109/IV.2008.15, ISBN 0-7695-3268-4
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