Specifications

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Chapter 18: Setting up to acquire physiological data
Setting up to acquire physiological data
The Advanced Physiological Monitoring Unit tracks your animal's heart rate,
temperature, respiration rate and blood pressure (optional with a third-party
blood pressure device).
NOTE: The system is only compatible with the THM-150 Advanced Physiological
Monitoring Unit. The THM-100 is not supported.
This chapter walks you through the steps for setting up the unit so you can
acquire accurate, reliable physiological data.
In this chapter
Physiological data sources .................................................................................................109
Connecting the blood pressure equipment......................................................................110
Configuring the physiology data display settings..........................................................110
Physiological data sources
The Vevo 2100 Imaging System can monitor, display and record the physiological
data from a subject when the subject is connected to the Advanced Physiological
Monitoring Unit. The data source connections for this data are described in the
following table.
Physiology Description
ECG
The animal's ECG signal is captured through the electrode pads on the Advanced
Physiological Monitoring Unit. The pads transmit the animal’s ECG to a controller
box. Connect the ECG cable to the controller box, and connect the keyed end of
the cable to the rear panel of the Vevo 2100 Imaging System.
Respiration
The animal's respiration rate is monitored through the electrode pads on the
Advanced Physiological Monitoring Unit and is derived from the ECG signal.
Blood pressure
The animal's blood pressure can be monitored by a third-party blood pressure
monitoring system. The signal is sent through the Advanced Physiological
Monitoring Unit to the Vevo system and the blood pressure trace viewed on screen
within the software.
Body temperature
The animal's temperature is monitored through the rectal probe connected to the
Advanced Physiological Monitoring Unit.
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