Frank Adams wrote:
>> I'm shopping around for an image analysis system that's
> tailored for use
> in evaluating morris water maze data. Does anyone have any
> suggestions
> about which commercial systems to buy, or for that matter to
> avoid? Most
> of the systems I've looked at have been over $7,000. We would
> prefer to
> get something for under $5,000 for administrative reasons.
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>> Thannks,
>> Frank
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Frank,
we are using in our lab Bioscan's Optimas 5.1 (Windows 3.11) for
image analysis. It has a macro for motion analysis, which might
suit your needs. Optimas is not cheap but there exists
a runtime-version named Optimate which is around 1500 DM. I have
not done motion analysis by myself, but a co-worker tracked
lymphocytes during phagocytosis using video-microscopy, so maybe
it can do what you want. BTW: I have no commercial connections
to Bioscan or whatsoever.
Short excerpt from Optimas' help file:
Motion Analysis
This command opens the Motion Analysis dialog box. This utility
is designed to track objects through a series of images and
compute direction, distance traveled, position, and velocity for
each object tracked. The Motion Analysis utility requires a
time sequence of image files. Files must be saved in one of
the many industry-standard file formats. To simplify the
analysis of the sequence (...). You may capture and save a time
sequence using the sequence acquisition controls (...).
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Joerg Eriskat
Institut f. Chirurgische Forschung der Univ. Muenchen
Klinikum Grosshadern, 81366 Muenchen, Germany
