Title | Methods and systems for tracking movement of microscopic worms and worm-like organisms, and software therefor |
Publication Type | Patent |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Sprenger, JH, Glaser, JR, Roussel, N |
Application Number | 61764694 |
Date Published | 2016/04/05 |
Assignee | Microbrightfield, Inc. |
Country | USA |
Patent Number | 9305205 |
Abstract | Methods and systems for tracking one or more worms or worm-like organisms over a sequence of video frames in virtual real time. The methods and systems can include a robust organism model that accounts for shape changes that occur from one frame to another, such as peristaltic progression, longitudinal deformation, lateral deformation, and bending action. Other features disclosed include: features that allow a user to correct tracking errors, such as splitting a single organism track into two tracks, joining two organism tracks into a single track, switching locations of physical features (such as heads and tails of worms), deleting undesired tracked organisms, and manually tracing organism outlines for model fitting; features that allow a user to set tracking parameters by selecting one or more organisms having desired characteristics; features for automatedly resolving interactions between/among multiple organisms; and features for handling multiple tracking hypotheses, among others. |
URL | http://patents.com/us-9305205.html |
Notes | Supported by VT EPSCoR SBIR Phase (0) award "Automated tracking and analysis of freely behaving C. elegans populations" (2007). |
Methods and systems for tracking movement of microscopic worms and worm-like organisms, and software therefor
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