Comparison of a three-dimensional and two-dimensional camera system for automated measurement of back posture in dairy cows

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-147

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back posture; Dairy cow; Image processing; Lameness detection; Three dimensional camera

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; BACK POSTURE; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; DAIRY COW; LAMENESS DETECTION; LOCOMOTION SCORE; PROCESSING TIME; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ALGORITHMS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LOCOMOTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84890085942     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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