ToxTrac is a free Windows program optimized for tracking animals. It uses a Computer Vision 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.
ToxTrac is currently being used in dozens of institutions and is one of the best available tracking software for animal studies.
The Project is currently being developed by only one person, but there is a large amount of work to be done. So a call for collaboration is open.
What I need, is people with knowledge in C++ with expertise in some of the following areas:
• Computer Vision and programming in OpenCV
• Machine Learning (with knowledge of TensorFlow)
• User interface design with QT
Authorship in all related scientific contributions will be shared.
Thank you for your support and patience.
Contact: [email protected]
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/ToxTrac-Free-software-for-animal-tracking
ToxTrac website: https://toxtrac.sourceforge.io
Instruction video: https://youtu.be/RaVTsQ1JwfM
ToxTrac Guestbook: http://pub47.bravenet.com/guestbook/3993433667
Citations:
• 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.
ToxTrac is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Hi,.... the project is very interesting. I will check the ToxTrac software.
I am interested to track zebrafish to simulate its behavior then i can say about collaboration.
Thank you for making this software freely available! At TalTech Centre for Biorobotics we will give it a try for underwater video of fish.
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