Towards automation of palynology 2: The use of texture measures and neural network analysis for automated identification of optical images of pollen grains

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 755-762

  Li, P ^a   Treloar, W J ^a   Flenley, J R ^a   Empson, L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Automation; Classification; Neural networks; Pollen; Texture measures

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; TEXTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 10944224185     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.874     Document Type: Article

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