| Title: | A microcomputer-based system for real-time analysis of animal movement |
| Author(s): | Hoy JB; Koehler PG; Patterson RS; |
| Address: | "USDA-ARS, Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research Laboratory, Gainesville, FL 32604, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00121-2 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0165-0270 (Print) 0165-0270 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A microcomputer-based video system for tracking, recording, and analyzing the movement of animals in two dimensions on variegated background in real-time has been developed and validated, both mechanically and with moving animals. Hardware and software (donationware) costs are low. Specimens visualized as small as 3 pixels long may be tracked in an arena that is 240 x 320 pixels in size. The results of tracking a mechanical moving spot are compared with a theoretical circular path. Comparisons between frame-by-frame human observation and computer generated X-Y coordinates are also presented. Applications of the tracking system include insect toxicology and pheromone bioassay, vertebrate locomotion studies, and basic research on taxes and kineses" |
| Keywords: | Animals Cockroaches *Computer Systems Male *Microcomputers Motor Activity/*physiology Reproducibility of Results Rotation Video Recording; |
| Notes: | "MedlineHoy, J B Koehler, P G Patterson, R S eng Netherlands 1996/02/01 J Neurosci Methods. 1996 Feb; 64(2):157-61. doi: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00121-2" |
