Re: what is the algorithm of Mtrack2?
Posted by
Nico Stuurman-4 on
Aug 18, 2010; 4:23am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/what-is-the-algorithm-of-Mtrack2-tp3686946p3686949.html
> we know the algorithm of Mtrack is judge the nearest distance to
> tracking
> particle. But I do not know why Mtrack2 is work better than the
> Mtrack? It
> add some loop but why these loop make the result better?
Since I wrote that plugin, I feel compelled to answer. However, what
exactly do you mean with "better results"? Like MTrack (note that
MTrack2 development started with that fine code from Jeff Kuhn, which
itself was based on Wayne Rasband's Object Tracker), MTrack2 creates
tracks by looking for particles in the subsequent frames within a
certain search range. There is some more bookkeeping of tracks that
overlap and particles that appear and re-appear. More information can
be found here:
http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~nico/ijplugins/MTrack2.htmlMTrack2 was originally written to automate tracking of C.elegans, but
I am happy to see that it is still useful to many people. Its
original use was published here:
http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/content/full/15/8/3729Please feel free to cite that paper if MTrack2 was essential for your
work.
Best,
Nico