DownloadToxTrac is a free Windows program optimized for tracking animals. It uses an advanced tracking algorithm and includes Preprocessing, Background subtraction, Thresholding, Post-processing, and Filters. It is robust; very fast; and can handle one or several animals in one or several environments. The program provides useful statistics as output. ToxTrac can be used for fish, insects, rodents, etc.
If used, please cite:
Rodriguez, A., Zhang, H., Klaminder, J., Brodin, T., Andersson, P. L. and Andersson, M. (2018). ToxTrac: a fast and robust software for tracking organisms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(3):460–464
Rodriguez, A., Zhang, H., Klaminder, J., Brodin, T., and Andersson, M. (2017). ToxId: an algorithm to track the identity of multiple animals. Scientific Reports. 7(1):14774.
Contact
Magnus Andersson, Department of Physics, Umeå University
magnus.andersson@umu.se
**Support**
Alvaro Rodriguez, Main Developer
a.tajes@udc.es
Features
- No specific knowledge of the geometry of the tracked bodies is needed
- ToxTrac can operate at a rate >25 frames per second in HD videos with most desktop computers
- Simultaneous tracking of multiple organisms in multiple arenas
- Integrated distortion correction and camera calibration
- Robust against false positives
- Preservation of individual identification after occlusion
- Statistics and heat maps in real scale exported in image, text and excel formats
- List of Changes: https://sourceforge.net/p/toxtrac/wiki/Changes
- User Guide and published results and datasets available in download section
- ToxTrac guestBook: http://pub47.bravenet.com/guestbook/3993433667
Project Samples
License
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)Follow ToxTrac
User Reviews
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Life Saver! Thanks for making this wonderful project. One question, would be nice if the archive repository and guestbook would get back up online to download/access them. Thanks
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Awesome!
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Nice software, very useful!
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Most reliable free tracker
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Works great!