A new ImageJ plug-in "ActogramJ" for chronobiological analyses.

Abstract:

:While the rapid development of personal computers and high-throughput recording systems for circadian rhythms allow chronobiologists to produce huge amounts of data, the software to analyze them often lags behind. Here, we announce newly developed chronobiology software that is easy to use, compatible with many different systems, and freely available. Our system can perform the most frequently used analyses: actogram drawing, periodogram analysis, and waveform analysis. The software is distributed as a pure Java plug-in for ImageJ and so works on the 3 main operating systems: Linux, Macintosh, and Windows. We believe that this free software raises the speed of data analyses and makes studying chronobiology accessible to newcomers.

journal_name

J Biol Rhythms

authors

Schmid B,Helfrich-Förster C,Yoshii T

doi

10.1177/0748730411414264

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-01 00:00:00

pages

464-7

issue

5

eissn

0748-7304

issn

1552-4531

pii

26/5/464

journal_volume

26

pub_type

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