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Dear Biomech-L Subscribers,
Recently, I requested input from those who knew anything about a CODA or
CODAS system. Below are the responses. Thanks to all who responded.
Bob Redd
Kistler
Hi Bob,
We have two AT-CODAS systems in our department and I have found the
data acquisition software to be excellent. As far as I know the
manufacturer is: DATAQ Instruments, Inc.
150 Springside Dr., Suite #B220
Akron, Ohio 44333
Telephone: (216) 668-1444
Fax: (216) 666-5434
Best of Luck, Jim Dowling
Dept. of Kinesiology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Bob/Dan:
Just by coincidence, the following message appeared on the net just after
you posted your request for information on CODA. Dave Mitchelson is the
creator of the CODA system. The attached note gives you current
information on his present location.
In 1990, I ran a Mini-Symposium on Image-Based Motion Measurement and
Dave wrote a paper describing his system. He has also published several
other papers on the system. If you can't get through to Dave at the
attached address, send me a note. I can probably find him through other
means.
Jim Walton
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* JAMES S. WALTON, Ph.D. * *
* President * INTERNET : Fourd@crl.com --or-- *
* 4D VIDEO * Jim.Walton@Forsythe.Stanford.Edu *
* 3136 Pauline Drive * *
* SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472 * BITNET : Jim.Walton@Stanford.Bitnet *
* * *
* PHONE: 707/829-8883 * COMPUSERVE : 72644,2773 *
* FAX : 707/829-3527 * *
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Bob,
CODAS is made by DATAQ Instruments in Dayton Ohio. The president of the
company is Roger Lockhardt. CODAS is a data acquisition system which also
lets you view the signal in real time before and as you collect. I used
several of their products in my previous job at University of Maryland,
College Park, MD. Contact Sally Phillips or Jane Clark, current
faculty at Maryland, for more info on the systems they use.
Graham Caldwell
Biomechanics Lab
University of Massachusetts
Bob Redd,
With regard to you query about the CODAS system, you might try contacting
Dudley Childress at the Northwester University Medical School's
Rehabilitation
Engineering Program. I believe that his group uses this system.
Good Luck,
Peter M. Quesada, PhD
Ohio State University
Dear Dan,
You wrote to Biomch-L:
>Someone has asked me to query the group to see if anyone has, has
>experience with, any information on, knows the contact person, the
company
>wherabouts or successor company of the CODAS system? I believe the acronym
>CODAS stands for Color Optical Data Acquisition System. CODAS is
supposedly
>a kinematic system.
>
>The person would like to contact the manufacturer or the successor
company,
>if applicable. You can call me or email a response.
You may be confusing two different products here.
CODAS is a software package for analog data acquisition. It
essentially emulates a strip chart recorder. Data can be saved
to files, and there supposedly is some kind of programming
language for real-time data processing.
CODA (Cartesian Optoelectronic Digital Anthropometer) is a
kinematic analysis system which was produced by David Mitchelson
in Loughborough, England. His original company went bankrupt in
1987, but he is still trying to get a new company going again (I
heard). I have spent a lot of time with one of the original CODA
machines. Our technicians modified the machine because the
original version was not reliable. It now works with wired
markers (photodiodes) instead of reflective markers. The
accuracy is superb (0.2 mm in a 4 m field of view at 300 Hz
sampling rate).
Some references:
Back, W., A.J. van den Bogert, P.R. van Weeren, G. Bruin, and A.
Barneveld, "Quantification of the locomotion of Dutch Warm-
blood Foals," Acta Anat., vol. 146, pp. 141-147, 1993.
Bogert, A.J. van den, "Kinematical analysis of the equine knee
joint," Europ. J. Morph., vol. 29, pp. 131-132, 1991.
Bogert, A.J. van den, P.R. van Weeren, and G. Bruin, "Intra-limb
coordination in Standardbred trotters," in Abstracts, 13th
Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, pp.
465-467, 1991.
Heinrichs, W., "Eine digitale ZeitmeBeinrichtung hoher Aufl"sung
zur Weiterentwicklung der chronocyclographischen Bewegung-
saufnahme mot ProzeBrechnern," Europ. J. Appl. Physiol.,
vol. 32, pp. 227-238, 1974.
This is the original idea for the CODA system.
MacFarlane, J. and M. Donath, "Tracking robot motion in three-
dimensional space: a laser scanning approach," in Robotics
and Artificial Intelligence (NATO ASI-F11), ed. H.F. David-
son, pp. 309-318, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 1984.
Mitchelson, D.L., "Automated three dimensional movement analysis
using the CODA-3 system," Biomedizinische Technik, vol. 33,
pp. 179-182, 1988.
Schamhardt, H.C., A.J. van den Bogert, J.L.M.A. Lammertink, and
H. Markies, "Measurement and analysis of equine loc
Dan,
There is a system called CODA that is a optical data acquisition system
similar to the Opto Track system. It was developed at Loughborough Uni.,
U.K..
Fred Yeadon is on this list and would give you more details of CODA.
Russell Best
Subject: CODAS
Some years ago we bought a CODAS data acquisition board for a PC/AT
etc. I wonder if that is the same thing you are referring too. It
came with software for scrolling data across the screen much like a chart
recorder looks. If you wisj I can look up the manufacturer for you
when I am at work.
..
jaam
~~~~
Dear Bob,
I think you must mean the CODA system, developed at Loughborough University
in England. To my knowledge, the only person of note using the system
nowadays (and he uses it a lot, and is proud of it!) is Dr. Dudley
Childress at North Western, e-mail d-childress@nwu.edu.
Best wishes,
Chris
__________________________________________________ __________________
Dr. Chris Kirtley MB ChB, PhD c.kirtley@info.curtin.edu.au
^
Lecturer, Bio-engineering --_ / \
/ \
School of Physiotherapy, Perth #_.---._/
Curtin University of Technology, V
GPO Box U1987,
Perth 6001, Tel +61 9 381 0600
Western Australia. Fax +61 9 381 1496
__________________________________________________ __________________
Subject: Re: CODAS System
Bob, I believe the company that manufactures or at least distributes the
CODAS system is: DataQ Instruments Inc.
150 Springside Dr. Suite B220
Akron OH, 44333-2473
Phone#: (216) 668-1444.
I hope this is the CODAS system you are looking for. Doug Keen.
Recently, I requested input from those who knew anything about a CODA or
CODAS system. Below are the responses. Thanks to all who responded.
Bob Redd
Kistler
Hi Bob,
We have two AT-CODAS systems in our department and I have found the
data acquisition software to be excellent. As far as I know the
manufacturer is: DATAQ Instruments, Inc.
150 Springside Dr., Suite #B220
Akron, Ohio 44333
Telephone: (216) 668-1444
Fax: (216) 666-5434
Best of Luck, Jim Dowling
Dept. of Kinesiology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Bob/Dan:
Just by coincidence, the following message appeared on the net just after
you posted your request for information on CODA. Dave Mitchelson is the
creator of the CODA system. The attached note gives you current
information on his present location.
In 1990, I ran a Mini-Symposium on Image-Based Motion Measurement and
Dave wrote a paper describing his system. He has also published several
other papers on the system. If you can't get through to Dave at the
attached address, send me a note. I can probably find him through other
means.
Jim Walton
************************************************** **********************
************************************************** **********************
* * *
* JAMES S. WALTON, Ph.D. * *
* President * INTERNET : Fourd@crl.com --or-- *
* 4D VIDEO * Jim.Walton@Forsythe.Stanford.Edu *
* 3136 Pauline Drive * *
* SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472 * BITNET : Jim.Walton@Stanford.Bitnet *
* * *
* PHONE: 707/829-8883 * COMPUSERVE : 72644,2773 *
* FAX : 707/829-3527 * *
* * *
************************************************** **********************
************************************************** **********************
Bob,
CODAS is made by DATAQ Instruments in Dayton Ohio. The president of the
company is Roger Lockhardt. CODAS is a data acquisition system which also
lets you view the signal in real time before and as you collect. I used
several of their products in my previous job at University of Maryland,
College Park, MD. Contact Sally Phillips or Jane Clark, current
faculty at Maryland, for more info on the systems they use.
Graham Caldwell
Biomechanics Lab
University of Massachusetts
Bob Redd,
With regard to you query about the CODAS system, you might try contacting
Dudley Childress at the Northwester University Medical School's
Rehabilitation
Engineering Program. I believe that his group uses this system.
Good Luck,
Peter M. Quesada, PhD
Ohio State University
Dear Dan,
You wrote to Biomch-L:
>Someone has asked me to query the group to see if anyone has, has
>experience with, any information on, knows the contact person, the
company
>wherabouts or successor company of the CODAS system? I believe the acronym
>CODAS stands for Color Optical Data Acquisition System. CODAS is
supposedly
>a kinematic system.
>
>The person would like to contact the manufacturer or the successor
company,
>if applicable. You can call me or email a response.
You may be confusing two different products here.
CODAS is a software package for analog data acquisition. It
essentially emulates a strip chart recorder. Data can be saved
to files, and there supposedly is some kind of programming
language for real-time data processing.
CODA (Cartesian Optoelectronic Digital Anthropometer) is a
kinematic analysis system which was produced by David Mitchelson
in Loughborough, England. His original company went bankrupt in
1987, but he is still trying to get a new company going again (I
heard). I have spent a lot of time with one of the original CODA
machines. Our technicians modified the machine because the
original version was not reliable. It now works with wired
markers (photodiodes) instead of reflective markers. The
accuracy is superb (0.2 mm in a 4 m field of view at 300 Hz
sampling rate).
Some references:
Back, W., A.J. van den Bogert, P.R. van Weeren, G. Bruin, and A.
Barneveld, "Quantification of the locomotion of Dutch Warm-
blood Foals," Acta Anat., vol. 146, pp. 141-147, 1993.
Bogert, A.J. van den, "Kinematical analysis of the equine knee
joint," Europ. J. Morph., vol. 29, pp. 131-132, 1991.
Bogert, A.J. van den, P.R. van Weeren, and G. Bruin, "Intra-limb
coordination in Standardbred trotters," in Abstracts, 13th
Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, pp.
465-467, 1991.
Heinrichs, W., "Eine digitale ZeitmeBeinrichtung hoher Aufl"sung
zur Weiterentwicklung der chronocyclographischen Bewegung-
saufnahme mot ProzeBrechnern," Europ. J. Appl. Physiol.,
vol. 32, pp. 227-238, 1974.
This is the original idea for the CODA system.
MacFarlane, J. and M. Donath, "Tracking robot motion in three-
dimensional space: a laser scanning approach," in Robotics
and Artificial Intelligence (NATO ASI-F11), ed. H.F. David-
son, pp. 309-318, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 1984.
Mitchelson, D.L., "Automated three dimensional movement analysis
using the CODA-3 system," Biomedizinische Technik, vol. 33,
pp. 179-182, 1988.
Schamhardt, H.C., A.J. van den Bogert, J.L.M.A. Lammertink, and
H. Markies, "Measurement and analysis of equine loc
Dan,
There is a system called CODA that is a optical data acquisition system
similar to the Opto Track system. It was developed at Loughborough Uni.,
U.K..
Fred Yeadon is on this list and would give you more details of CODA.
Russell Best
Subject: CODAS
Some years ago we bought a CODAS data acquisition board for a PC/AT
etc. I wonder if that is the same thing you are referring too. It
came with software for scrolling data across the screen much like a chart
recorder looks. If you wisj I can look up the manufacturer for you
when I am at work.
..
jaam
~~~~
Dear Bob,
I think you must mean the CODA system, developed at Loughborough University
in England. To my knowledge, the only person of note using the system
nowadays (and he uses it a lot, and is proud of it!) is Dr. Dudley
Childress at North Western, e-mail d-childress@nwu.edu.
Best wishes,
Chris
__________________________________________________ __________________
Dr. Chris Kirtley MB ChB, PhD c.kirtley@info.curtin.edu.au
^
Lecturer, Bio-engineering --_ / \
/ \
School of Physiotherapy, Perth #_.---._/
Curtin University of Technology, V
GPO Box U1987,
Perth 6001, Tel +61 9 381 0600
Western Australia. Fax +61 9 381 1496
__________________________________________________ __________________
Subject: Re: CODAS System
Bob, I believe the company that manufactures or at least distributes the
CODAS system is: DataQ Instruments Inc.
150 Springside Dr. Suite B220
Akron OH, 44333-2473
Phone#: (216) 668-1444.
I hope this is the CODAS system you are looking for. Doug Keen.