Digital Imaging in the Undergraduate Biology Laboratory

该项目的目标是将基于计算机和视频的图像采集和处理引入本科实验室和野外练习，特别是将各种定量图像分析方法引入这些实验室。受影响的具体实验室活动包括：(1)使用细胞鉴定和计数软件进行原生生物竞争和捕食者-猎物相互作用；(2)使用简单的成像和物体测量技术在细胞内记录期间识别无脊椎动物神经细胞；(3)使用计算机形态计量学技术测试生长和发育理论；(4)生物分布格局的定量化。实验室练习正在进行中，重点是在动物行为研究中使用数字图像处理。

The goal of the project is to introduce computer- and video- based image acquisition and processing into undergraduate laboratory and field exercises, and especially to introduce a variety of quantitative image analysis methods into those laboratories. The specific laboratory exercises affected include: (1) protist competition and predator-prey interactions using software for cell identification and counting; (2) identification of invertebrate nerve cells during intracellular recording using simple imaging and object measurement techniques; (3) testing of theories of growth and development using computer morpho-metric techniques; and (4) quantification of organism distribution patterns. Laboratory exercises are under development that focus on the use of digital image processing in animal behavior studies.