Online University
Nexus and Plug-Ins Training
Session 1 - A Review of the Nexus Processing Workflow
Session 2 - Plug-In Gait: Segment Definitions and Results Interpretation
Session 3 – Plug-In Gait: Advanced Topics
Nexus, the keystone of the Vicon Life Sciences Suite of software, is your tool for collecting motion capture data. This course series assumes you have watched the Essentials of Nexus training videos and understand the basics of motion capture. The first session will review the workflow for collecting motion capture data in Nexus. Sessions 2-3 cover the Vicon Plug-In Gait model and the final session covers the uses of the Vicon Analysis Toolkit advanced plug-in operations.
Session 1 - A Review of the Nexus Processing Workflow
WHEN
November 3rd, 2009 – 10:00am Mountain Standard Time
WHAT
This session assumes that your system has already been setup and optimized. It covers a review of the motion capture collection process in the Nexus software using the Plug-In Gait model as an example.
OBJECTIVES
1. Check camera views for stray reflections
2. Calibrate the system
a. Create camera Masks
b. Calibration MX Cameras
c. Set Volume Origin
d. Calibrate DV cameras
3. Create a new Data Manager session
4. Subject resources setup
5. Subject preparation and the T-Pose trial
6. Processing the T-Pose trial
7. Capturing Dynamic trials
8. Processing Dynamic trials
a. Data editing
b. Setting Events
c. Running calculations
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Please note courses are provided free of charge to customers under warranty, with Support credits or
a Premier Support Contract. Customers are more than welcome to book on to any course.
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Session 2 - Plug-In Gait: Segment Definitions and Results Interpretation
WHEN
November 10th 2009 – 10:00am Mountain Standard Time
WHAT
Session 5 covers the input to, and outputs from Plug-In Gait for the lower body only. At the end of this session you will understand how to use the parameters of Plug-In Gait and how the outputs from Plug-In Gait are calculated.
OBJECTIVES
1. Plug-In Gait Input
2. Plug-In Gait Output
3. Joint Centers Calculation
4. The Parameter File: How Plug-In Gait Modifies It
5. Lower Limbs Anatomical Coordinate Systems Definition
6. Data Processing of the Trials Captured During Session 2
7. Plug-In Gait Output Analysis
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Please note courses are provided free of charge to customers under warranty, with Support credits or
a Premier Support Contract. Customers are more than welcome to book on to any course.
Please contact us with any questions regarding Vicon Online University.
Session 3 – Plug-In gait: Advanced Topics
WHEN
November 17th, 2009 – 10:00am Mountain Standard Time
WHAT
Session 3 covers alternate marker sets that can be used in Plug-In Gait, including the use of Knee
Alignment Devices (KAD). Also covered are techniques for editing the Plug-In Gait marker set.
OBJECTIVES
1. Alternative Marker Sets to Run Plug-In Gait
a. SACR or PSIS markers
b. Optional UPA, FRM and RBAK markers
c. Optional wands for SACR, THI and TIB markers
2. Lower Body, Upper Body or Full Body Plug-in Gait
3. The Knee Alignment Device (KAD)
a. What is a KAD?
b. What are the advantages of using a KAD?
c. KAD and subject measurements
d. The MED markers and Tibial Torsion automatic measurement
e. Difference in lower body joint kinematics with and without using a KAD
f. Plug-in Gait workflow when using KADs
g. Problems related to the use of KADs
4. Adding Extra Markers to the Plug-in Gait Marker Set
5. How to Virtually Recreate Markers: Using the Parameter File
To register for this course click here.
Please note courses are provided free of charge to customers under warranty, with Support credits or
a Premier Support Contract. Customers are more than welcome to book on to any course.
Please contact us with any questions regarding Vicon Online University.
Session 4 – Analysis Tool Kit
WHEN
November 24th, 2009 – 10:00am Mountain Standard Time
WHAT
The Analysis Toolkit is a set of advanced pipeline options that can be purchased as a package to use in the Nexus pipeline. Session 7 will cover how to implement and customize these additional pipeline operations.
OBJECTIVES
1. Event Correlator - Capture and correlate your own events in any trial.
2. Event Generator - Calculate explicit events from variable thresholds and other events.
3. Parameter Calculator - Extract novel parameters from your trials and studies.
4. Butterworth Filter - Standard-based smoothing - now with reduced end-effects.
5. Ascii Import - Imports text based data from external systems.
6. Application Linker - Run external programs from within the Workstation Pipeline.
7. Pelvis Angle Converter - Converts Pelvis Progression angles from YXZ to ZXY decomposition, giving an improved clinical representation.
To register for this course click here.
Please note courses are provided free of charge to customers under warranty, with Support credits or
a Premier Support Contract. Customers are more than welcome to book on to any course.
Please contact us with any questions regarding Vicon Online University.