Digital image analysis to estimate the live weight of broiler

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-52

  Mollah, Md Bazlur R ^a   Hasan, Md A ^b   Salam, Md A ^a   Ali, Md A ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Kazi Farms Group   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Broiler; Image analysis; Weighing system

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER CHICKENS; COMPUTER ASSISTED; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; EQUATION BASED; GOODNESS OF FIT; GROWING PERIOD; IN-BETWEEN; RASTER IMAGE; RELATIVE ERRORS; WEIGHING SYSTEMS; WEIGHT ESTIMATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER CRIME; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PIXELS; WEIGHING;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

BODY MASS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; PIXEL; POULTRY; REARING; SOFTWARE; SURFACE AREA; WEIGHT;

EID: 77950628221     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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