Age-based clustering of seagrass blades using AI models


Sevinç Ö.

Real-Time Image Processing and Deep Learning 2024, Virginia, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 6 - 09 Haziran 2024, cilt.13034, ss.126-139, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 13034
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Virginia
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.126-139
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Seagrass ecosystems play a vital role in maintaining marine biodiversity and ecological balance, making their monitoring and management essential. This study proposes a novel approach for clustering of seagrass images into three distinct age categories: young, medium, and old, using deep learning and unsupervised machine learning techniques. VGG-16 convolutional neural networks (CNN) are employed for feature extraction from the seagrass images, followed by K-means clustering to categorize the image samples into the specified age groups. The implemented methodology begins with the collection and annotation of a diverse seagrass image dataset, including samples from various locations and conditions. Images are first pre-processed to ensure consistent size and quality. To enable real-time capabilities, an optimized VGG-16 CNN is then fine-tuned on the annotated dataset to learn discriminative …