Combining angular response classification and backscatter imagery segmentation for benthic biological habitat mapping

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Che Hasan, Rozaimi ^a,b   Ierodiaconou, Daniel ^a   Laurenson, Laurie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTM RAZAK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Angular response; Backscatter imagery; Biological; Habitat maps; Segmentation; Supervised classification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BACKSCATTER; BROWN ALGA; ECHO SOUNDER; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERTEBRATE; MAPPING METHOD; SEGMENTATION; SONAR IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; DISCOVERY BAY MARINE NATIONAL PARK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84855295926     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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