Validity of the Microsoft Kinect sensor for assessment of normal walking patterns in pigs

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Stavrakakis, Sophia ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Guy, Jonathan H ^a   Morgan, Graham ^a   Ushaw, Gary ^a   Johnson, Garth R ^a   Edwards, Sandra A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated detection; Kinect; Lameness; Motion capture; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAIT ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORIES;

AUTOMATED DETECTION; KINECT; LAMENESS; MOTION CAPTURE; PIGS;

MAMMALS;

ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE; ARRAY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PIG; SENSOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84937834192     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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