Automatic individual identification of Saimaa ringed seals
In order to monitor an animal population and to track individual animals in a non‐invasive way, identification of individual animals based on certain distinctive characteristics is necessary. In this study, automatic image‐based individual identification of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca h...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5fd92370644e45bc8b1e1516a6b58dcf 2023-10-09T21:55:16+02:00 Automatic individual identification of Saimaa ringed seals Tina Chehrsimin Tuomas Eerola Meeri Koivuniemi Miina Auttila Riikka Levänen Marja Niemi Mervi Kunnasranta Heikki Kälviäinen 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cvi.2017.0082 https://doaj.org/article/5fd92370644e45bc8b1e1516a6b58dcf EN eng Wiley https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cvi.2017.0082 https://doaj.org/toc/1751-9632 https://doaj.org/toc/1751-9640 1751-9640 1751-9632 doi:10.1049/iet-cvi.2017.0082 https://doaj.org/article/5fd92370644e45bc8b1e1516a6b58dcf IET Computer Vision, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 146-152 (2018) animal population monitoring automatic image-based individual identification endangered Saimaa ringed seal Phoca hispida saimensis distinctive permanent pelage pattern seal segmentation Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Computer software QA76.75-76.765 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cvi.2017.0082 2023-09-17T00:35:26Z In order to monitor an animal population and to track individual animals in a non‐invasive way, identification of individual animals based on certain distinctive characteristics is necessary. In this study, automatic image‐based individual identification of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is considered. Ringed seals have a distinctive permanent pelage pattern that is unique to each individual. This can be used as a basis for the identification process. The authors propose a framework that starts with segmentation of the seal from the background and proceeds to various post‐processing steps to make the pelage pattern more visible and the identification easier. Finally, two existing species independent individual identification methods are compared with a challenging data set of Saimaa ringed seal images. The results show that the segmentation and proposed post‐processing steps increase the identification performance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca hispida ringed seal Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles IET Computer Vision 12 2 146 152 |
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In order to monitor an animal population and to track individual animals in a non‐invasive way, identification of individual animals based on certain distinctive characteristics is necessary. In this study, automatic image‐based individual identification of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is considered. Ringed seals have a distinctive permanent pelage pattern that is unique to each individual. This can be used as a basis for the identification process. The authors propose a framework that starts with segmentation of the seal from the background and proceeds to various post‐processing steps to make the pelage pattern more visible and the identification easier. Finally, two existing species independent individual identification methods are compared with a challenging data set of Saimaa ringed seal images. The results show that the segmentation and proposed post‐processing steps increase the identification performance. |
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Tina Chehrsimin Tuomas Eerola Meeri Koivuniemi Miina Auttila Riikka Levänen Marja Niemi Mervi Kunnasranta Heikki Kälviäinen |
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Tina Chehrsimin Tuomas Eerola Meeri Koivuniemi Miina Auttila Riikka Levänen Marja Niemi Mervi Kunnasranta Heikki Kälviäinen |
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Automatic individual identification of Saimaa ringed seals |
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Automatic individual identification of Saimaa ringed seals |
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Automatic individual identification of Saimaa ringed seals |
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Automatic individual identification of Saimaa ringed seals |
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