Display window

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The Display window lets you select elements to overlay on tracked worms.

You may also opt to display all back-tracked framesif you used back tracking (see under Tracking Parameters in The Tracking panel).

Changing a color

  1. In the Display window, click a color thumbnail. WormLab displays the Select Color dialog box.
  2. Select a color and click OK.

Selection

ClosedBounding box

Encompasses head and tail and constantly re-sizes the box to accommodate the worm’s movements.

ClosedCenterPoint

Indicates the worm’s midpoint with a disc.

ClosedHead

Indicates the worm's head with a square.

ClosedTail

Indicates the worm's tail with a triangle.

ClosedTrack baseline

Displays the track generated from the centroid of the worm. The centroid is the average of all points along the worm centerline, and is often located outside of the worm body.

ClosedTrack number

Assigns a number to a tracked worm.

ClosedWorm centerline

Displays the centerline from head to tail.

ClosedWorm outline

Outlines the body of the worms.

ClosedWorm track

Indicates the worm track with a line and an X at the starting point to visualize each worm’s path across the frames.