Comparison of segmentation algorithms for cow contour extraction from natural barn background in side view images

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-74

  Van Hertem, T ^a,c   Alchanatis, V ^a   Antler, A ^a   Maltz, E ^a   Halachmi, I ^a   Schlageter Tello, A ^b   Lokhorst, C ^b   Viazzi, S ^c   Romanini, C E B ^c   Pluk, A ^c   Bahr, C ^c   Berckmans, D ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Background segmentation; Computer vision; Cow contour; Dairy cattle; Static background

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER VISION; CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE RECORDING; PIXELS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; BACKGROUND SEGMENTATION; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; CONTOUR EXTRACTION; CONTOUR LINE; COW CONTOUR; DAIRY CATTLES; DAIRY FARMS; DIFFERENCE FRAME; DYNAMIC BACKGROUND; FOREGROUND SEGMENTATION; FRAME DIFFERENCES; FULL BODY; IMAGE PREPROCESSING; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MOVING OBJECTS; RANDOM SELECTION; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SIDE VIEW; SOLID WALL; STATIC BACKGROUND;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER VISION; DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MAMMAL;

ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84872159761     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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