Track Analysis

TrackAnalysis analyses the track in a data file. The parameters it calculates depends on which experimental paradigm is defined in the iTrack output .dat file header, and which options are enabled. TrackAnalysis was designed for batch processing of .dat files, which contain a time series of the coordinates of the tracked object, events, and states of various devices.

Three types of output files are generated by TrackAnalysis. They are suffixed by .ps (graphical form - postscript), .tbl (tabular form inportable e.g. into Microsoft Excel) and .sum (text form summary for all analyzed files). Each file contains essential the same information but the data are organized in different formats. Each is considered in turn.

Analysis output example from Place Avoidance type of experiment:

Another analysis output example from Watermaze (multiple trials) type of experiment (PDF)