Fine-scale mapping of vector habitats using very high resolution satellite imagery: A liver fluke case-study

Geospatial Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages S671-S683

  De Roeck, Els ^a   Van Coillie, Frieke ^a   De Wulf, Robert ^a   Soenen, Karen ^a   Charlier, Johannes ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Hantson, Wouter ^b   Ducheyne, Els ^b   Hendrickx, Guy ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Fasciola hepatica; Liver fluke; Object based image analysis; Small water body mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BELGIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84922741456     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2014.296     Document Type: Article

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