High throughput Tail Suspension Test Analysis

This software is designed to automate the tail suspension test.
The program analyzes the video image of up to sixteen animals simultaneously and automatically calculates the time spent inactive, swinging and climbing.

High throughput
Up to 16 animals can be tested simultaneously what allows high throughput testing.
All acquired data are calculated and presented in real time already during the experiment.
The possibility to save different setup configurations and to generate pdf based summary reports automatically makes it even easier to deal with your test sessions.
Three behaviors
Comparing the active versus the inactive time provides only a small amount of results that are possible to get from the tail suspension test. Our system is capable to distinguish between the three behaviors inactive, swinging and climbing and considers also the temporal course of the shown behaviors.
In addition, break off criteria can be defined to stop the data acquisition for each animal individually if necessary.
Inactive

Swinging

Climbing

Real time individual and group performance calculation
During the experiment the acquired data are calculated and displayed graphically in real time.
Thus you are able to really see what is going on.
Extensive statistic functions
The software offers a big number of statistical test to analyze the acquired data. You don't need to go through the data with other programs. Just select the algebraic function or test you want to be calculated and see the results instantly. One behavioral test - one software.
Useful diagrams
Already during the experiment the acquired data are analyzed and presented in convincing diagrams.
All diagrams can be exported in different file formats (bmp, wmf and emf).
Report generator
An integrated Acrobat pdf based report generator makes it easy to generate standardized experiment reports for each animal or group in a very short time.
Further processing of data and diagrams
The collected data can be exported for other applications. Further individual data manipulations can be conducted.
All diagrams that have been generated during the experiment or the data analysis are saved in the vector graphic format (wmf) thereby making them easy to integrate and work with in other programs.
Export filters for the data:
*.txt, *.doc, *.csv, *.xls, *.xml

Export filters for the diagrams:
*.bmp, *.wmf, *.emf

Database integration
The software offers standard interfaces to communicate with other applications like databases. Thereby it is for example possible to transfer data into existing animal databases easily. You can import database records into the TST software, perform experiments and export the data back into your animal database That is true high throughput!
FireWire support
The software supports the FireWire/iLink port for digital video cameras. You can use any DV-Camera with a FireWire port. This simplifies the installation because no frame-grabber card or driver problems occur. It´s just plug and measure.
Digital video encoding included
You do not want to fill another locker with your experiment tapes?
With the Viewer software you can directly encode your experiment to a digital video file in real time.
Easy to do, easy to store and easy to handle.

These different source signals can be used with the Viewer software:
FireWire camera (live or tape), USB camera, analog camera, VCR, digital video file.

Proceed to the program tour to see how the software works in detail.
If you have questions concerning this product, please don´t hesitate to use the following e-mail address:
tst@biobserve.com

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