Artículo
Plant identification based on leaf midrib cross-section images using fractal descriptors
Silva, Núbia Rosa Da
; Florindo, João Batista
; Gómez, María Cecilia
; Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo; Kolb, Rosana Marta; Bruno, Odemir Martinez
Fecha de publicación:
06/2015
Editorial:
Public Library of Science
Revista:
Plos One
e-ISSN:
1932-6203
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
Clasificación temática:
Resumen
The correct identification of plants is a common necessity not only to researchers but also to the lay public. Recently, computational methods have been employed to facilitate this task, however, there are few studies front of the wide diversity of plants occurring in the world. This study proposes to analyse images obtained from cross-sections of leaf midrib using fractal descriptors. These descriptors are obtained from the fractal dimension of the object computed at a range of scales. In this way, they provide rich information regarding the spatial distribution of the analysed structure and, as a consequence, they measure the multiscale morphology of the object of interest. In Biology, such morphology is of great importance because it is related to evolutionary aspects and is successfully employed to characterize and discriminate among different biological structures. Here, the fractal descriptors are used to identify the species of plants based on the image of their leaves. A large number of samples are examined, being 606 leaf samples of 50 species from Brazilian flora. The results are compared to other imaging methods in the literature and demonstrate that fractal descriptors are precise and reliable in the taxonomic process of plant species identification.
Palabras clave:
Fractal Dimension
,
Identification of Plants
Archivos asociados
Licencia
Identificadores
Colecciones
Articulos(CCT - SANTA FE)
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - SANTA FE
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - SANTA FE
Citación
Silva, Núbia Rosa Da; Florindo, João Batista; Gómez, María Cecilia; Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo; Kolb, Rosana Marta; et al.; Plant identification based on leaf midrib cross-section images using fractal descriptors; Public Library of Science; Plos One; 10; 6; 6-2015; 1-14; e0130014
Compartir
Altmétricas