Automatic scratching pattern detection for laboratory mice using high-speed video images

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Ishii, Idaku ^a   Kurozumi, Shogo ^b   Orito, Kensuke ^c   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIDENSHA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animals; Behavioral science; Filtering; Image processing; Motion measurement

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTION ESTIMATION; RATS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HIGH SPEED VIDEO IMAGES; PERIODIC BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; SCRATCHING PATTERNS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 38149134633     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2007.902868     Document Type: Article

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