Virtual Bio-Instrumentation: Biomedical, Clinical, and Healthcare Applications in LabVIEW

3 Biopotentials

Typical Laboratory Workstation

Lab Layout and Design

Generic Instrumentation/Data Acquisition Issues

Electroneurology

Physiological Basis

Experiment Setup

Dissection Nerve Chamber Preparation

Generic VI Development

Experiment Descriptions

Troubleshooting the Nerve Recording

Neuromuscular Electrophysiology (Electromyography)

Physiological Basis

Experiment Setup

Experiment Descriptions

Troubleshooting the Nerve-Muscle Preparation

Cardiac Electrophysiology (Electrocardiography)

Physiological Basis

Experiment Descriptions

This chapter discusses representative applications relevant to the measurement and analysis of bioelectric events emanating from within living creatures. Excitable cells serve as the source of bioelectric potentials ...