BioProc2 Data Processing System

BioProc2/3 Data Processing System

(Version 3.08 build 009, 12 March 2012)

This page provides access to software that may be used to process and analyze various types of analog data files, including:
    APAS's analog data (.ANA),
    Biometrics' DataLink analog data (.LOG),
    bioPlux text files ver.1 (.TXT),
    DelSys's EMG data (.EMG, .CSV),
    Tekscan's F-Scan ASCII data (.ASG),
    Chattecx's KinCom ASCII files (.CHT etc.),
    Kistler's BioWare2 analog data (.DAT),
    European Data Format files (.EDF and .REC),
    Motion Analysis Corp.'s ASCII files (.ANA, .ANB, .ANC),
National Instruments' BioBench and VI Logger ASCII files (.BBT, .TXT),
Vicon's analog and ASCII data files (.C3D, .VAD, .CSV, .TXT),
    Wave audio files (.WAV),
    and several other file formats including columnated ASCII files.

The software can be used to generate waveforms and test various data smoothing techniques for educational purposes. Its graphical display permits the simultaneous viewing and analysis of up to 64 signals. It is suitable for analyzing force platform, EMG, accelerometer or force transducer signals and for correcting bias levels or filtering unwanted noise.

Contributed by D. Gordon E. Robertson, Ph.D. (dger@uottawa.ca). Please report problems, errors and suggested enhancements.

Files:

bpwin2.zip (7 Mb) or bpwin2.exe

Self-extracting archive and installation program for Windows98 or later based BioProc2. Note, this program may require updating the Windows system. This should not create any problems for newer operating systems. It merely updates several .DLL files to permit proper functioning of the Visual Basic 6 programs. For Windows98 there has been problems with MSVCRT.DLL. You should NOT upgrade this file. BioProc2 can use the older version but the install program comes with the latest Visual Studio version 6. (Click here for the older version of MSVCRT.DLL). This files goes in the directory C:\Windows\System.\

BioProc2.exe (2.5 Mb) Latest version of BioProc2. Note, you must run the installation program, bpwin2.zip, once prior to your first use of BioProc2.

Quick reference guide to BioProc2

Powerpoint presentations:

Signal Processing (data smoothing, normalizing data, correlation, graphing, etc.)

EMG Analysis (including ensemble averaging, Fourier analysis)

Force and Work Analyses (including impact analysis, angular impulse)

Visual3D for Inverse Dynamics and Moment Power Analysis

How to install the system: To install, download the BPWIN2.EXE file to a hard disk subdirectory, such as, C:\TEMP. If an archiver program such as WinZip or PowerArchiver is installed the archive should open automatically. To obtain a copy of PowerArchiver click the following URL: http://www.powerarchiver.com.

Once the program has been installed you may install upgrades by just copying the file BioProc2.exe to the program directory you selected during installion.

Send comments, corrections and suggestions to the author via email only.

dger@uottawa.ca