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Quantifying, tracking and identifying bioluminescent plankton usingactive contour models (Master’s thesis)
| Title: | Quantifying, tracking and identifying bioluminescent plankton usingactive contour models (Master’s thesis). |
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| Name(s): |
Kocak, D. M. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1997 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Place of Publication: | Orlando, FL. | |
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| Extent: | 4 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007350 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
This thesis presents a novel, automated approach to quantifying, tracking and
identifying bioluminescent plankton. Based on the unique spatial and temporal patterns
associated with their bioluminescent emissions, organisms as small as 50 micro-meter
dinoflagellates can be identified and mapped in three-dimensional space. This method of
bioluminescence mapping is an innovative solution to the problem of how to characterize
the in situ spatial relationships of organisms in the three-dimensional fluid environment of
the open ocean. In this thesis, active contour models are adapted for computerized in1age
segmentation, labeling, tracking and mapping of the bioluminescent organisms recorded by
low light level video techniques. The program output automatically identifies luminous
events and organism species, and extracts features such as duration, size, and coordinates
of the point of impact from the collected video data. These data afford the
characterization of in situ spatial relationships among organisms in the open ocean. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1206 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Kocak, D. M. (1997). Quantifying, tracking and identifying bioluminescent plankton using active contour models (Master’s thesis). University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. |
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| Subject(s): |
Bioluminescence Plankton |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007350 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
