SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset
Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed...
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ftlappeenranta:oai:lutpub.lut.fi:10024/164773 2023-05-15T18:03:47+02:00 SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina Eerola, Tuomas Biard, Vincent Mutka, Piia Niemi, Marja Kunnasranta, Mervi Kälviäinen, Heikki Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto LUT Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT fi=School of Engineering Science|en=School of Engineering Science| 2022-10-07 11 fulltext https://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/164773 eng eng MDPI 22 https://doi.org/10.23729/0f4a3296-3b10-40c8-9ad3-0cf00a5a4a53 1424-8220 Sensors 19 https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/19/7602 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina, Tuomas Eerola, Vincent Biard, Piia Mutka, Marja Niemi, Mervi Kunnasranta, and Heikki Kälviäinen. (2022). "SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset" Sensors 22, no. 19: 7602. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 https://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/164773 URN:NBN:fi-fe2022102062635 CC BY 4.0 openAccess © 2022 by the authors. CC-BY computer vision image processing animal biometrics re-identification ringed seals re-identification dataset article publishedVersion 2022 ftlappeenranta https://doi.org/10.23729/0f4a3296-3b10-40c8-9ad3-0cf00a5a4a53 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 2022-10-26T22:57:36Z Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is an endangered subspecies only found in Lake Saimaa, Finland, and is one of the few existing freshwater seal species. Ringed seals have permanent pelage patterns that are unique to each individual and that can be used for the identification of individuals. A large variation in poses, further exacerbated by the deformable nature of seals, together with varying appearance and low contrast between the ring pattern and the rest of the pelage makes the Saimaa ringed seal re-identification task very challenging, providing a good benchmark by which to evaluate state-of-the-art re-identification methods. Therefore, we make our Saimaa ringed seal image (SealID) dataset (N = 57) publicly available for research purposes. In this paper, the dataset is described, the evaluation protocol for re-identification methods is proposed, and the results for two baseline methods—HotSpotter and NORPPA—are provided. The SealID dataset has been made publicly available. Publishers version Article in Journal/Newspaper Pusa hispida ringed seal Norppa LUTPub (LUT University) Norppa ENVELOPE(24.865,24.865,65.631,65.631) |
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computer vision image processing animal biometrics re-identification ringed seals re-identification dataset Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina Eerola, Tuomas Biard, Vincent Mutka, Piia Niemi, Marja Kunnasranta, Mervi Kälviäinen, Heikki SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is an endangered subspecies only found in Lake Saimaa, Finland, and is one of the few existing freshwater seal species. Ringed seals have permanent pelage patterns that are unique to each individual and that can be used for the identification of individuals. A large variation in poses, further exacerbated by the deformable nature of seals, together with varying appearance and low contrast between the ring pattern and the rest of the pelage makes the Saimaa ringed seal re-identification task very challenging, providing a good benchmark by which to evaluate state-of-the-art re-identification methods. Therefore, we make our Saimaa ringed seal image (SealID) dataset (N = 57) publicly available for research purposes. In this paper, the dataset is described, the evaluation protocol for re-identification methods is proposed, and the results for two baseline methods—HotSpotter and NORPPA—are provided. The SealID dataset has been made publicly available. Publishers version |
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Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina Eerola, Tuomas Biard, Vincent Mutka, Piia Niemi, Marja Kunnasranta, Mervi Kälviäinen, Heikki |
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Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina Eerola, Tuomas Biard, Vincent Mutka, Piia Niemi, Marja Kunnasranta, Mervi Kälviäinen, Heikki |
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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sealid: saimaa ringed seal re-identification dataset |
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22 https://doi.org/10.23729/0f4a3296-3b10-40c8-9ad3-0cf00a5a4a53 1424-8220 Sensors 19 https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/19/7602 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina, Tuomas Eerola, Vincent Biard, Piia Mutka, Marja Niemi, Mervi Kunnasranta, and Heikki Kälviäinen. (2022). "SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset" Sensors 22, no. 19: 7602. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 https://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/164773 URN:NBN:fi-fe2022102062635 |
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