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. 2018 Sep;21(9):1146-1147.
doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0215-0.

Behavioral tracking gets real

Kunlin Wei  1 , Konrad Paul Kording  2
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Behavioral tracking gets real

Kunlin Wei et al. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

A deep-learning-based software package called DeepLabCut rapidly and easily enables video-based motion tracking in any animal species. Such tracking technology is bound to revolutionize movement science and behavioral tracking in the laboratory and is also poised to find many applications in the real world.

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Fig. 1 |. Motion capture examples.
DeepLabCut produces meaningful results across many animal species, including mice, fruit flies and even young humans. Top left, top right and bottom left reprinted with permission from ref., Springer Nature.
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