Tracking of flying insects using pan-tilt cameras

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-67

  Fry, S N ^a   Bichsel, M ^b   Muller P ^a   Robert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2D; 3D; Behaviour; Flight trajectory; Fly; Honey bee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FLIGHT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEES; CALIBRATION; DIPTERA; ETHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034663458     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00253-3     Document Type: Article

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