VUMC Soil Worm Activity Monitor Mohd Fakhrurrazi Mohd Salleh (EE) Suhaili Harun (EE) Amani Rafie (CompE) Saiful Azlan Adanan (BME) November 18, 2004
Project Goal Compare the behavior and activity of worms (normal and mutant) by designing a device that can automatically measure their movements, so that it can be used in neurobiological research Include current method how they measure the worm movement (counting)
Approach Use microscope Capture image with a CCD video camera Apply image processing Calculate the movement
Progress Found 2 possible options for the adapter Construct the adapter using steel Acquire adapter from Carl Ziess and Meiji (microscope) company Video editing process
Camera Adapter
Adapter
The Microscope
Our Design
Schedule
Future Work Start constructing the adapter after the break Have a meeting with SMPTE Nashville Section Get picture sample of the worm from the microscope using the camera Starting software development and image analysis