title: Rapid prototyping of interactive software for automated instrumentation in rehabilitative therapy.
abstract: Rapid prototyping is a quick, efficient way to evaluate new electrical instruments. A hardware interface between a computer and an instrument can be simulated in software. The authors demonstrate the technique of rapid prototyping by developing interfaces for two therapeutic strength-testing devices and an electromagnetic tracker/digitizer. The LabVIEW rapid prototyping software tool was used to create "virtual instruments," which combine to form interfaces. The functions and connections of each virtual instrument are described.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walkup
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Vannier
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface