CinePlex Studio can be operated as a stand-alone system, or for maximum benefit can be operated in synchrony with the OmniPlex^® Neural Data Acquisition System or Multichannel Acquisition Processor (MAP) Data Acquisition System (which in turn requires the CinePlex Editor software). The program features triggered video capture for more accurate time stamping of video frames and multi-camera support at up to 200 frames per second. Image quality is selectable by changing nominal bit rate. Researchers also have the flexibility to record in normal light, or via near infrared if the experimental conditions require a dark environment.

When behavioral research requires data capture and manipulation beyond specialized recording capabilities, CinePlex Studio can be unlocked to leverage advanced features through application-specific options:

• CinePlex Tracking offers arena definition and powerful automated tracking of time and positioning data via multiple tracking modes – both online and offline.
  
• CinePlex Basic Behavior enables the further breakdown of arenas into various logically-interrelated zones, the generation of simple and complex digital events in response to activity within the zones, and the automatic calculation of real-time statistics.
• CinePlex 3D makes possible the recording and tracking of color markers from two or more simultaneous video streams in three dimensions – all with remarkably simple system and camera calibration, freeing the researcher from a fixed recording environment.

CinePlex Studio is designed in a modular fashion for maximum flexibility and cost effectiveness. Researchers can minimize costs, choosing only what options, if any, are valuable to their research.

To observe the CinePlex System integrated with an OmniPlex System in use during a freely behaving rat experiment, we invite you to view the methods section within the publication “Automated Visual Cognitive Tasks for Recording Neural Activity Using a Floor Projection Maze” authored by a team in Rebecca Burwell’s Behavioral Neuroscience of Memory and Attention Lab at Brown University and published in the Journal of Visualized Experimentation (JoVE) on February 20, 2014. The study presented uses CinePlex Studio with the CinePlex Tracking and CinePlex Basic Behavior options, as well as the OmniPlex System for synchronized neural recording.

A Plexon Sales Engineer is available to provide additional information and to assist you in determining how the CinePlex System could improve efficiency, save time and minimize human error.