Automated Visual Tracking of Biological Model Organisms

ISBN-13: 9783639124484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 152 str.

Ebraheem I. Fontaine

Opis

Capturing the detailed motion and behavior ofbiological organisms plays an important role in awide variety of research disciplines. However, theefficient and rapid quantification of these complexbehavioral traits imposes a major bottleneck on theelucidation of many interesting scientific questions.To address this constraint, this book develops asuite of model-based visual tracking algorithms thatoperate in a high-resolution manner needed for aproductive synthesis with modern genetic approaches.The method is used to track the position and shape ofmultiple nematodes during mating behavior, zebrafishof different ages during escape response, and fruitflies during take off maneuvers. These applicationsdemonstrate the modular design of this model-basedvisual tracking system. In contrast to otherapproaches, which are customized to a particularorganism or experimental setup, my approach providesa foundation that requires little re-engineeringwhenever the experimental parameters are changed.

O autorze

Ebraheem I. Fontaine received a B.S. in mechanical engineering at
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 2002 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
mechanical
engineering at California Institute of Technology in 2008. He is
currently an Analytic
Scientist at Fair Isaac Corporation, San Diego, CA.