Real-time acquisition and archiving system for multiple time-sampled

Abstract

Time sampled data from many hundreds of sensors spatially arranged on a subject is acquired, displayed and archived in real-time. A redundant array of acquisition processors coupled to temporary storage device are controlled by a system control processor. As the data is acquired, an operator interacts with a display processor to select sensors mapped on a computer model of the subject. The selected sensors are displayed as real-time `postage stamp` traces each located in a position reflecting their position on the subject. During acquisition in the background, or at some time later, the acquired data is archived onto a slower, but much larger data storage device such as a stream tape, or optical disk.