Wing and body motion during flight initiation in Drosophila revealed by automated visual tracking

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1307-1323

  Fontaine, Ebraheem I ^a   Zabala, Francisco ^b   Dickinson, Michael H ^b   Burdick, Joel W ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Escape response; Estimation; Flight; Geometric modeling; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE REACTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63749117111     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025379     Document Type: Article

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