Automated hull reconstruction motion tracking (HRMT) applied to sideways maneuvers of free-flying insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1324-1335

  Ristroph, Leif ^a   Berman, Gordon J ^a   Bergou, Attila J ^a   Wang, Z Jane ^b   Cohen, Itai ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Fruit fly; Insect flight; Motion tracking; Wing kinematics measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVALUATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 66149119031     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025502     Document Type: Article

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