Low-cost three-dimensional gait analysis system for mice with an infrared depth sensor

• Published in: Neuroscience research Vol. 100; pp. 55 - 62
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Akihiro, Funaya, Hiroyuki, Uezono, Naohiro, Nakashima, Kinichi, Ishida, Yasumasa, Suzuki, Tomohiro, Wakana, Shigeharu, Shibata, Tomohiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Algorithms; Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Depth image; Gait; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Infrared Rays; Locomotion; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Open-field test; Pose reconstruction; Rodents; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Three-dimensional gait analysis; Locomotion; Depth image; Open-field test; Three-dimensional gait analysis; Rodents; Pose reconstruction

•A three-dimensional gait analysis system for mice has been developed.•The system tracks footprints and paw-tips precisely in the depth sensor coordinates.•Subjects’ gaits are captured from beneath using a low-cost infrared depth sensor.•An infrared-pass filter covers the floor and prevents a subjec...