Method for automatic behavioral phenotyping
AssigneeYeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
InventorsTali KIMCHI, Aharon WEISSBROD, Genadiy VASSERMAN
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Abstract
A method of identifying and classifying social complex behaviors among a group of model organisms, comprising implanting at least one RFID transponder in each model organism in said group of model organisms; enclosing said group of model organisms in a monitored space divided into RFID monitored segments; RFID tracking a position of each model organism by reading said at least one RFID transponder in each model organism over a period of time; capturing a sequence of images of each model organism over said period of time; and calculating at least one spatiotemporal model of each model organism based on time synchronization of said RFID tracked position of said model organism with said sequence of images.
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A data fusion method for fusing RFID position and identification data provided by a plurality of RFID detectors and video imaging data provided by a video imaging system for at least one of a group of model organisms, during a time period, comprising:
- generating, by a processor, clusters from pixels in said video imaging data, wherein in each image produced by said video imaging system each cluster represents an organism;
- synchronizing and fusing said RFID data and said video imaging data;
- using, by the processor, said RFID data to calculate an average organism position over the time period, for each organism;
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- tagging, by the processor the organisms with video positions in each video image of said video imaging data.
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