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ToxTrac is a free Windows program optimized for tracking animals. It uses an advanced tracking algorithm and includes Preprocessing, Background subtraction, Advanced collision and occlusion management, 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., Molares-Ulloa, A., Andersson, M., and Brodin, T. (2026). ToxTrac 2026 (1.4). Universidade da Coruña. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20393895.
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12874.
Contact and Support:
Alvaro Rodriguez (Main Developer), a.tajes@udc.es
Magnus Andersson, magnus.andersson@umu.se
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
- Semantic collision detection
- Texture matching manages contact and partial overlapping
- 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
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