CVJul 2, 2018
An initial study on estimating area of a leaf using image processing
arXiv:1807.00487v1
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This addresses the need for efficient leaf area estimation in fields like agriculture or botany, but it appears incremental as it applies standard image processing techniques.
The researchers tackled the problem of leaf area measurement by developing an image processing method that scans leaves, converts them to binary images, and calculates pixel coverage to estimate area in mm², aiming for faster and more accurate results.
Calculating leaf area is very important. Computer aided image processing can make this faster and more accurate. This include scanning the leaf , converting it to binary image and calculation of number of pixels covered. Later this is converted to mm2.