The Implementation of a Stand-alone Video Tracking and Analysis System for Animal Behavior Measurement in Morris Water Maze

Author

Chen, Yu-Jen ; Li, Yan-Chay ; Huang, Ke-Nung ; Young, Ming-Shing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Cheng-Kung Univ.

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1766

Lastpage

1768

Abstract

In this paper, a digital image tracking and analysis system based on FPGA is presented. The goal of this research is to build an animal tracking system with a new algorithm for Morris water maze experiment application. Our tracking algorithm can track animal motion and is insensitive to environment brightness change. The system can process the high-resolution image up to 700times480 pixels in real-time speed. We can analyze tiny animal behavior change precisely. This system is very compact and is portable. Compared with other similar device, our system is a standalone operation without the need of a personal computer

Keywords

biological techniques; biomechanics; field programmable gate arrays; optical tracking; video signal processing; zoology; FPGA; Morris water maze; analysis system; animal behavior measurement; animal motion; animal tracking system; digital image tracking; environment brightness change; stand-alone video tracking; tracking algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Animal behavior; Animal structures; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Displays; Field programmable gate arrays; Microcontrollers; SDRAM; Tracking; Animal behavior analyze; Color image processing; FPGA; Morris water maze;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616788

Filename

1616788