Analysis of AVI Files for Mice Behavior Experiments in the Morris Water Maze

Author

Léon, Gerardo Miramontes-de ; Moreno-Baez, Arturo ; Sifuentes-Gallardo, Claudia ; García-Domínguez, Ernesto ; Valencia, M.G.

Author_Institution

Fac. de Ing. Electr., Univ. Autonoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico

fYear

2011

fDate

15-18 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

131

Lastpage

136

Abstract

A computer vision program to perfom the analysis of AVI files that were captured during Morris water maze tests is presented. The experiments were performed with a sample of 25 rats that received different medical treatments. The system accepts as input a video AVI file and extracts information, such as escape latency or elapsed time, average velocity and total distance. These measures are suitable to behavioral studies on rats. The results show the reliability of the system, although some dificult conditions were present, such as camera mis adjustments, low quality videos, and changes in ilumination.

Keywords

biology computing; cameras; computer vision; video signal processing; AVI file analysis; Morris water maze tests; average velocity; camera misadjustments; computer vision program; elapsed time; escape latency; information extraction; medical treatments; mice behavior experiments; video quality; Cameras; Heuristic algorithms; Image color analysis; Rats; Software; Streaming media; Trajectory; Computer Vision; image processing software; motion; time-varying imagery; video;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics Conference (CERMA), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cuernavaca, Morelos

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1879-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CERMA.2011.28

Filename

6125818