Gemvid, an open source, modular, automated activity recording system for rats using digital video

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Poirrier, Jean Etienne ^a   Poirrier, Laurent ^a   Leprince, Pierre ^a   Maquet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIGITAL IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDER; VIDEORECORDING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748742628     PISSN: 17403391     EISSN: 17403391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-4-10     Document Type: Article

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