Project
Goals:
1. To develop a flexible software package to allow target segmentation
and habitat classification from bottom imagery and make this software
available to scientists throughout NMFS (National Marine Fisheries
Service).
2. To provide algorithms for field calibration of image area to allow
for direct density estimates of scallops and other epibenthic organisms.
3. To develop an Image Test Set process of high resolution digital
images collected from the HabCam mapping sled of a variety of bottom
types in multiple areas in the Gulf of Maine, Great South Channel,
Georges Bank and Mid Atlantic. The Test Set is used for parallel development
of image processing software by multiple methods.
4. To develop an on-line, image based data retrieval system to visualize
large data sets associated with optical imaging of benthic habitats.
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