3D tracking of mating events in wild swarms of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Author

Butail, Sachit ; Manoukis, Nicholas ; Diallo, Moussa ; Yaro, Alpha S. ; Dao, Adama ; Traoré, Sekou F. ; Ribeiro, José M. ; Lehmann, Tovi ; Paley, Derek A.

Author_Institution

Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

720

Lastpage

723

Abstract

We describe an automated tracking system that allows us to reconstruct the 3D kinematics of individual mosquitoes in swarms of Anopheles gambiae. The inputs to the tracking system are video streams recorded from a stereo camera system. The tracker uses a two-pass procedure to automatically localize and track mosquitoes within the swarm. A human-in-the-loop step verifies the estimates and connects broken tracks. The tracker performance is illustrated using footage of mating events filmed in Mali in August 2010.

Keywords

Calibration; Cameras; Diseases; Image reconstruction; Kalman filters; Target tracking; Three dimensional displays; Animals; Anopheles gambiae; Crowding; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Malaria; Photography; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Video Recording;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090163

Filename

6090163