Cited by 21Human Pose and Action RecognitionVideo Surveillance and Tracking MethodsHand Gesture Recognition Systems

Computer Methods for Automatic Locomotion and Gesture Tracking in Mice and Small Animals for Neuroscience Applications: A Survey

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Abbas, Waseem, Masip Rodo, David·2019·Sensors

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Neuroscience has traditionally relied on manually observing laboratory animals in controlled environments. Researchers usually record animals behaving freely or in a restrained manner and then annotate the data manually. The manual annotation is not desirable for three reasons; (i) it is time-consuming, (ii) it is prone to human errors, and (iii) no two human annotators will 100% agree on annotation, therefore, it is not reproducible. Consequently, automated annotation for such data has gained traction because it is efficient and replicable. Usually, the automatic annotation of neuroscience data relies on computer vision and machine learning techniques. In this article, we have covered most of the approaches taken by researchers for locomotion and gesture tracking of specific laboratory animals, i.e. rodents. We have divided these papers into categories based upon the hardware they use and the software approach they take. We have also summarized their strengths and weaknesses.

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Authors
Abbas, W., & Masip Rodo, D.
Affiliations
  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (ES)
  • Multimedia and Telecommunications Department, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Corresponding author
Abbas, Waseem
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-07-25
Volume
19
Issue
15
Pages
3274
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2964155858
Cited by
21
References
156
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2
FWCI
0.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Sensors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España (TIN2015-66951-C2-2-R, RTI2018-095232-B-C22)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
Keywords
locomotion tracking, gesture tracking, mouse tracking, rodent behavior, computer vision, machine learning
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Gestures, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Locomotion, Neurosciences, Surveys and Questionnaires, Software, Mice

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