The use of the fractal dimension in images for plant recognition

Reyer Zwiggelaar, Christine R. Bull

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Abstract

Fractal information from images can be used as a tool for plant recognition. Depending on the application plant images at various scales can be used. For the distinction between certain weeds in row crops images with a low number of plants (excluding total canopy cover) are used. To determine the fractal dimension, links with the Fourier transform are exploited. However, scatter in the power spectrum is reduced by integration in the spatial frequency domain over band-limited spatial filters. Using this approach the fractal dimension is determined for whole images and subsets of these images. The usefulness of the resulting fractal dimension information as a tool for image segmentation and crop versus weed recognition are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFractal Reviews in the Natural and Applied Sciences
EditorsMiroslav M. Novak
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Pages204-213
ISBN (Print)041271020X, 978-0412710209
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 1995
Externally publishedYes

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