Animal Health Informatics: Towards a Generic Framework for Automatic Behavior Analysis Position Paper

Dmitry Kaplun, Aleksandr Sinitca, Anna Zamansky, Stephane Blauer-Elsner, Michael Plazner, Asaf Fux, Dirk van der Linden

2019

Abstract

The field of veterinary healthcare informatics is still in its infancy, and state of the art solutions from human healthcare are not easily adapted. IoT and wearable technologies may be bringing a wind of change, as large amounts of health data of animals are now being produced. It makes this a timely moment to initiate a discussion on the possibilities for cross-fertilization between the worlds of human and animal health informatics. In this position paper we report on an ongoing project developing a framework for automatic video-based analysis of animal behavior and describe its concrete application for decision support of behavioral veterinarians. The framework is generic, allowing for reuse across species and different analytical tasks. We further discuss the possibilities for cross-fertilization between human and animal behavior analysis in the context of health informatics.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kaplun D., Sinitca A., Zamansky A., Blauer-Elsner S., Plazner M., Fux A. and van der Linden D. (2019). Animal Health Informatics: Towards a Generic Framework for Automatic Behavior Analysis Position Paper. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-353-7, SciTePress, pages 436-441. DOI: 10.5220/0007566504360441

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf19,
author={Dmitry Kaplun and Aleksandr Sinitca and Anna Zamansky and Stephane Blauer-Elsner and Michael Plazner and Asaf Fux and Dirk van der Linden},
title={Animal Health Informatics: Towards a Generic Framework for Automatic Behavior Analysis Position Paper},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2019},
pages={436-441},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007566504360441},
isbn={978-989-758-353-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Animal Health Informatics: Towards a Generic Framework for Automatic Behavior Analysis Position Paper
SN - 978-989-758-353-7
AU - Kaplun D.
AU - Sinitca A.
AU - Zamansky A.
AU - Blauer-Elsner S.
AU - Plazner M.
AU - Fux A.
AU - van der Linden D.
PY - 2019
SP - 436
EP - 441
DO - 10.5220/0007566504360441
PB - SciTePress