In behavior research area, many researchers want to study both the activity and life pattern of an animal at the same time. General speaking, activity can be best quantified through top view analysis (e.g., locomotion), while side view analysis provides much more detailed information on animal circadian rhythm (e.g., home cage behaviors like, eat, drink, sleep, walk, jump, rear up, hang up, groom, sniff, twitch, stretch, etc.). Acquiring measures of both activity and circadian rhythm at the same time, something that has become more important in behavior research.
StereoScan is a premiere behavior analysis system which aims at analyzing animal behavior thoroughly, reliably and efficiently. It integrates both top view and side view information, thus provides overall information including activities and life patterns.
StereoScan observes single‐animal behavior in a cage or an enclosure, from both top view and side view, and outputs detailed behavior sequence as well as specific events (such as eating, drinking, staying in specific zone, etc) as well as digital event inputs (e.g., TTL input changes by photo‐beam, lever‐ pressing, etc.).
With StereoScan, one can finally obtain all the information one will ever need in a single system. For example, it will provide accurate distance traveled information and zones visited from the top view, while the side will provide behaviors such as rearing, eating, sleeping, grooming, etc. It provides truly the most comprehensive analysis possible.
All components of StereoScan can be applied to achieve high throughput screening as well. System architecture for high throughput screening has been designed that involves analysis of up to 2 arenas on a single system. The High‐Throughput product option is necessary to analyze more than a single arena simultaneously. The Realtime Option is necessary to perform realtime analysis where the live video feed into the computer is compressed, encoded, saved to the hard drive while simultaneously full analysis of the video is performed.
Many advanced features are incorporated, including supporting full color analysis, automatic adaptation to non‐uniform or changing environment, automated handling of light/dark areas, variable speed playback of specific video segment for specific detected behavior, etc.
Complete Turn‐key systems including all necessary Hardware and Software are available. Custom design of your environment to facilitate analysis, including lighting condition setup, IR/red light setup, cage enclosures, video integration, and video‐feed to computer is also available.