Semantic versus instance segmentation in microscopic algae detection

J Ruiz-Santaquiteria, G Bueno, O Deniz… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microscopic algae segmentation, specifically of diatoms, is an essential procedure for water
quality assessment. The segmentation of these microalgae is still a challenge for computer …

Automated diatom classification (Part B): a deep learning approach

A Pedraza, G Bueno, O Deniz, G Cristóbal, S Blanco… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Diatoms, a kind of algae microorganisms with several species, are quite useful for water
quality determination, one of the hottest topics in applied biology nowadays. At the same …

Deep learning-based diatom taxonomy on virtual slides

M Kloster, D Langenkämper, M Zurowietz, B Beszteri… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Deep convolutional neural networks are emerging as the state of the art method for
supervised classification of images also in the context of taxonomic identification. Different …

Automatic taxonomic identification based on the Fossil Image Dataset (> 415,000 images) and deep convolutional neural networks

X Liu, S Jiang, R Wu, W Shu, J Hou, Y Sun, J Sun… - Paleobiology, 2023 - cambridge.org
The rapid and accurate taxonomic identification of fossils is of great significance in
paleontology, biostratigraphy, and other fields. However, taxonomic identification is often …

Accurate classification of algae using deep convolutional neural network with a small database

L Xu, L Xu, Y Chen, Y Zhang, J Yang - ACS ES&T Water, 2022 - ACS Publications
The variations in algal diversity and populations are essential for evaluating aquatic system
health. However, manual classification is time-consuming and labor-intensive. As AI has …

A low-cost automated digital microscopy platform for automatic identification of diatoms

J Salido, C Sánchez, J Ruiz-Santaquiteria… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Development of a fully operative low-cost automated digital
microscope for the detection of diatoms by applying deep learning. Abstract Currently …

Survey of automatic plankton image recognition: challenges, existing solutions and future perspectives

T Eerola, D Batrakhanov, NV Barazandeh… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2024 - Springer
Planktonic organisms including phyto-, zoo-, and mixoplankton are key components of
aquatic ecosystems and respond quickly to changes in the environment, therefore their …

Learning diatoms classification from a dry test slide by holographic microscopy

P Memmolo, P Carcagnì, V Bianco, F Merola… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diatoms are among the dominant phytoplankters in marine and freshwater habitats, and
important biomarkers of water quality, making their identification and classification one of the …

Tackling inter-class similarity and intra-class variance for microscopic image-based classification

A Venkataramanan, M Laviale, C Figus… - … conference on computer …, 2021 - Springer
Automatic classification of aquatic microorganisms is based on the morphological features
extracted from individual images. The current works on their classification do not consider …

General image fiber tool: A concept for automated evaluation of fiber diameters in SEM images

A Götz, V Senz, W Schmidt, J Huling, N Grabow… - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Fiber imaging is becoming increasingly important in various fields. The current standard
method of quality assurance is the manual quantification of fiber diameters in Scanning …