Automatic leaf structure biometry: Computer vision techniques and their applications in plant taxonomy

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-262

  De Oliveira Plotze, Rodrigo ^a   Bruno, Odemir Martinez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biometry; Computer vision; Image analysis; Morphometry; Plant taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRIC FEATURES; BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; IN PLANTS; LEAF STRUCTURES; MORPHOMETRY; NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS; PASSIFLORA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT TAXONOMY;

BIOMETRICS; COMPUTER VISION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 65249101660     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001409007156     Document Type: Article

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