DocumentCode
3381068
Title
Video-Based Rodent Activity Measurement Using Near-Infrared Illumination
Author
Zurn, J. Brooks ; Jiang, Xianhua ; Motai, Yuichi
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Vermont Univ., Burlington, VT
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
16-19 May 2005
Firstpage
1928
Lastpage
1931
Abstract
This paper describes a noninvasive video tracking system for measurement of rodent behavioral activity under near-infrared (NIR) illumination. This novel method allows tracking of motion in the dark, when rodents are generally most active, and also under visible light. Results of the system were validated through comparison with simultaneously recorded data using a widely-used NIR crossbeam-based tracking system
Keywords
biological techniques; motion measurement; tracking; video signal processing; crossbeam based tracking system; data recording; motion tracking; near infrared illumination; noninvasive video tracking system; video based rodent activity measurement; Digital cameras; Drugs; Electric variables measurement; Image processing; Lenses; Lighting; Monitoring; Optical distortion; Rodents; Tracking; image processing; near-infrared illumination; non-invasive tracking system; video-based rodent measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8879-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604507
Filename
1604507
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