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SCREENSHOTS:
ToxTrac
DESCRIPTION:
ToxTrac is a free Windows program optimized for tracking animals. It uses an advanced tracking algorithm that is robust; very fast; and that can handle one or several animals in one or several environments. The program provides useful statistics as output. ToxTrac can be used for fish, insects, rodents, etc.
If used, please cite:
Rodriguez, A., Zhang, H., Klaminder, J., Brodin, T., Andersson, P. L. and Andersson, M. (2018). ToxTrac: a fast and robust software for tracking organisms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(3):460–464
Rodriguez, A., Zhang, H., Klaminder, J., Brodin, T., and Andersson, M. (2017). ToxId: an algorithm to track the identity of multiple animals. Scientific Reports. 7(1):14774.
Note that currently we provide under GPLv3 license, the source of ToxTrac v2.61.
Contact
Magnus Andersson, Department of Physics, Umeå University
magnus.andersson@umu.se
Support
Alvaro Rodriguez, Main Developer
a.tajes@udc.es
Features
- No specific knowledge of the geometry of the tracked bodies is needed
- ToxTrac can operate at a rate >25 frames per second in HD videos with most desktop computers
- Simultaneous tracking of multiple organisms in multiple arenas
- Integrated distortion correction and camera calibration
- Robust against false positives
- Preservation of individual identification after occlusion
- Statistics and heat maps in real scale exported in image, text and excel formats
- List of Changes: https://sourceforge.net/p/toxtrac/wiki/Changes
- User Guide and published results and datasets available in download section
- ResearchGate Project: https://www.researchgate.net/project/ToxTrac-Free-software-for-animal-tracking
- ToxTrac guestBook: http://pub47.bravenet.com/guestbook/3993433667
Audience
Science/Research, Education, Engineering, Agriculture
User interface
Qt, Excel
Programming Language
C++
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