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ArticleScientific reports2018

Automatic multiple zebrafish tracking based on improved HOG features.

Yun-Xiang Bai, Shu-Hui Zhang, Zhi Fan, Xing-Yu Liu, Xin Zhao, Xi-Zeng Feng, Ming-Zhu Sun

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Yun-Xiang BaiInstitute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
Shu-Hui ZhangState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Zhi FanInstitute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
Xing-Yu LiuState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Xin ZhaoInstitute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
Xi-Zeng FengState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China. xzfeng@nankai.edu.cn.
Ming-Zhu SunInstitute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China. sunmz@nankai.edu.cn.

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As an excellent model organism, zebrafish have been widely applied in many fields. The accurate identification and tracking of individuals are crucial for zebrafish shoaling behaviour analysis. However, multi-zebrafish tracking still faces many challenges. It is difficult to keep identified for a long time due to fish overlapping caused by the crossings. Here we proposed an improved Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) algorithm to calculate the stable back texture feature map of zebrafish, then tracked multi-zebrafish in a fully automated fashion with low sample size, high tracking accuracy and wide applicability. The performance of the tracking algorithm was evaluated in 11 videos with different numbers and different sizes of zebrafish. In the Right-tailed hypothesis test of Wilcoxon, our method performed better than idTracker, with significant higher tracking accuracy. Throughout the video of 16 zebrafish, the training sample of each fish had only 200-500 image samples, one-fifth of the idTracker's sample size. Furthermore, we applied the tracking algorithm to analyse the depression and hypoactivity behaviour of zebrafish shoaling. We achieved correct identification of depressed zebrafish among the fish shoal based on the accurate tracking results that could not be identified by a human.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMass BehaviorOrientation, SpatialSpatial BehaviorVideo RecordingZebrafish

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