Evolution of a benthic imaging system from a towed camera to an automated habitat characterization system

OCEANS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Taylor, Richard ^c   Vine, Norman ^c   York, Amber ^a   Lerner, Steve ^a   Hart, Dvora ^b   Howland, Jonathan ^a   Prasad, Lakshman ^d   Mayer, Larry ^e   Gallager, Scott ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c Independent ^*

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL DATA; AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATED PROCESSING; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; COLOR CORRECTION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GROUND TRUTHING; HABITAT MAPPING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS; KEY ELEMENTS; MEAN DISTANCES; MEGAFAUNA; MULTI-BEAM; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; ONBOARD IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL IMAGING; POPULATION DENSITIES; SHIP OPERATION; SMALL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STILL IMAGES; STUDY SITES; TARGET CLASSIFICATION; TEST SETS; TRAINING SETS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; BIODIVERSITY; CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FISHERIES; FISHING VESSELS; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SURVEYS; TARGETS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 70350117119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5152032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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