Collaborative Research: A Visual System for Autonomous Foraminifera Identification

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项目编号	1637023
	Collaborative Research: A Visual System for Autonomous Foraminifera Identification
	Thomas Marchitto
主持机构	University of Colorado at Boulder
项目开始年	2016
	2016-08-01
项目结束日期	2018-07-31
资助机构	US-NSF
项目类别	Standard Grant
项目经费	63713(USD)
国家	美国
语种	英语
英文摘要	The goal of this project is to develop an automated system for identification of foraminifera (single-celled organisms with shells). Currently undergraduate workers are often employed to hand pick several thousands of specimens from ocean sediments for each study. This is tedious and time consuming work. By automating the bulk of the identification process, user expertise can be focused on verification and identification of subtle differences. A visual identification system will be developed in order to automate the identification of target microorganisms. The visual system will incorporate a controllable LED lighting ring used to capture images by illuminating the specimens from several directions, mimicking an important step in the traditional identification process. These images will be used to create a 3D model of the organism in real-time within a second. Computer vision and pattern recognition techniques will be tuned to acceptable recognition rates set by feedback from an expert in paleoceanography who will also provide labeled samples for training and validation. The initial proof of concept study will focus on identifying six species of planktonic foraminifera, and their morphotypes, that are widely used by paleoceanographers.
来源学科分类	Geosciences - Ocean Sciences
文献类型	项目
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/69863
专题	环境与发展全球科技态势
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas Marchitto.Collaborative Research: A Visual System for Autonomous Foraminifera Identification.2016.