title: Automated data acquisition and analysis in muscle physiology research.
abstract: Research in muscle physiology has progressed in both the volume and complexity of data examined. Dependence on manual methods to analyze and condense this amount of information can present a narrow bottleneck to the efficient completion of a study, and can compromise the reliability of the results. We designed a general purpose computerized system for data acquisition in experiments in our cardiovascular physiology laboratory. In addition, we developed a software program specifically for the analysis of data from studies of isolated, isometrically contracting myocardium. This system has reduced the time for analysis of such data by approximately 50-fold over that of manual techniques, and has contributed significantly to our confidence in the measured results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Estrin
mesh_terms: D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003199:Computer Systems; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction; D008838:Microcomputers; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D012984:Software