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ArticleNature communications2023

Three-dimensional surface motion capture of multiple freely moving pigs using MAMMAL.

Liang An, Jilong Ren, Tao Yu, Tang Hai, Yichang Jia, Yebin Liu

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Liang AnDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1028-3759
Jilong RenState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Tao YuDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Tang HaiState Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. haitang@ioz.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3192-0753
Yichang JiaSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. yichangjia@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-7767-5714
Yebin LiuDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. liuyebin@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3215-0225
Tsinghua University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNMcGovern Institute for Brain Research · US

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31571097National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61827805National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62125107National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62171255National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81371361National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92049114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understandings of the three-dimensional social behaviors of freely moving large-size mammals are valuable for both agriculture and life science, yet challenging due to occlusions in close interactions. Although existing animal pose estimation methods captured keypoint trajectories, they ignored deformable surfaces which contained geometric information essential for social interaction prediction and for dealing with the occlusions. In this study, we develop a Multi-Animal Mesh Model Alignment (MAMMAL) system based on an articulated surface mesh model. Our self-designed MAMMAL algorithms automatically enable us to align multi-view images into our mesh model and to capture 3D surface motions of multiple animals, which display better performance upon severe occlusions compared to traditional triangulation and allow complex social analysis. By utilizing MAMMAL, we are able to quantitatively analyze the locomotion, postures, animal-scene interactions, social interactions, as well as detailed tail motions of pigs. Furthermore, experiments on mouse and Beagle dogs demonstrate the generalizability of MAMMAL across different environments and mammal species.

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalMotion CaptureAlgorithmsAnimalsDogsMammalsMiceMotionPostureSwine

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PMID38001106
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