The need for single-camera 3D particle tracking methods is growing, among others, due to the increasing focus in biomedical research often relying on single-plane microscopy imaging. Defocusing-based methods are ideal for a wide-spread use as they rely on basic microscopy imaging rather than requiring additional non-standard optics. However, a wide-spread use has been limited by the lack of accessible and easy-to-use software. DefocusTracker is an open-source toolbox based on the universal principles of General Defocusing Particle Tracking (GDPT) relying solely on a reference look-up table and image recognition to connect a particle’s image and its respective out-of-plane depth coordinate. The toolbox is built in a modular fashion, allowing for easy addition of new image recognition methods, while maintaining the same workflow and external user interface. DefocusTracker is implemented in MATLAB, while a parallel implementation in Python is in the preparation.

Barnkob R., Rossi M. (2021). DefocusTracker: A Modular Toolbox for Defocusing-based, Single-Camera, 3D Particle Tracking. JOURNAL OF OPEN RESEARCH SOFTWARE, 9(22), 1-8 [10.5334/jors.351].

DefocusTracker: A Modular Toolbox for Defocusing-based, Single-Camera, 3D Particle Tracking

Rossi M.
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2021

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The need for single-camera 3D particle tracking methods is growing, among others, due to the increasing focus in biomedical research often relying on single-plane microscopy imaging. Defocusing-based methods are ideal for a wide-spread use as they rely on basic microscopy imaging rather than requiring additional non-standard optics. However, a wide-spread use has been limited by the lack of accessible and easy-to-use software. DefocusTracker is an open-source toolbox based on the universal principles of General Defocusing Particle Tracking (GDPT) relying solely on a reference look-up table and image recognition to connect a particle’s image and its respective out-of-plane depth coordinate. The toolbox is built in a modular fashion, allowing for easy addition of new image recognition methods, while maintaining the same workflow and external user interface. DefocusTracker is implemented in MATLAB, while a parallel implementation in Python is in the preparation.
2021
Barnkob R., Rossi M. (2021). DefocusTracker: A Modular Toolbox for Defocusing-based, Single-Camera, 3D Particle Tracking. JOURNAL OF OPEN RESEARCH SOFTWARE, 9(22), 1-8 [10.5334/jors.351].
Barnkob R.; Rossi M.
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