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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8879-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604507
