The HVS Image system includes all the equipment and software you need to you to track and analyse novel object recognition, using its powerful Zone Analysis option.

Zones can be defined tightly around the familiar and novel objects and activity at, near and away from the objects can be analyzed for different parts of the trial using the Devan-Baker time bin analysis, as well as for the entire trial.

All the data you could need is gathered during tracking, and you can choose at any time which measures and analyses to include in your results files, depending which are relevant to your particular research. Those that are significant over the entire trial can be chosen when analysing the entire trial, and those that are significant on a time bin by time bin basis can be chosen when analysing by time bin. Those available, both for the entire trial and for each time bin you define, include:

• Percentage of time close to novel and/or familiar objects.
• Percentage of path close to novel and/or familiar objects.
• Number of approaches to novel and/or familiar objects (and, for comparison, entries to each other equal sized zone).
• Latencies to novel and/or familiar objects (and, for comparison, to each other equal sized zone).
• Zone entry-sequence (including object zones).
• Number of zone entries (including object zones).
• Percentage of zones visited (including object zones).
• Path length.
• Average speed.

You also get all the benefits outlined on the open field test page.

For the most robust tracking of head position, particularly in relatively small arenas, use with the HVS Image Precision Tracker.

For any other measures or analyses you need that are not listed above, or to request a quotation or for any other questions, contact us at any time.

The system is remarkably quick and easy to set up and use, but we provide whatever help and support you need to get up and running and run your experiments smoothly.