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. 2022 Apr 7;16:877323. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.877323

TABLE 5.

Available RFID-assisted video tracking technology.

Company/Institute Product name Environment Characteristics Website References
Actual Analytics Home Cage Analyser Home Cage Side-view camera (prone to occlusion), all-in-one apparatus, mice and rats, individual and social parameters, relatively small footprint1 https://www.actualanalytics.com/products Bains et al., 2016; Redfern et al., 2017; Hobson et al., 2020
Clever Sys Inc. RFID-Assisted SocialScan Social arena Top-view camera, all-in-one apparatus, mice and rats, rodents need to be distinguishable by color/size, Focus on social behavior parameters, small footprint1 http://cleversysinc.com/CleverSysInc/rfid-assisted-socialscan/ Peleh et al., 2019; Peleh et al., 2020
Institute Pasteur Live Mouse Tracker Social arena Top-view camera, DIY, mice only, individual and rich social behavioral parameters, small footprint1, end user can add new behavioral parameters of interest https://livemousetracker.org/ Ey et al., 2018; de Chaumont et al., 2019

1Footprint refers to how much space the system occupies in addition to the home-cage/social arena.

Small: Marginal impact on overall space; large: Significant increase of footprint relative to cage environment.