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Code from: Using cameras for precise measurement of two-dimensional plant features

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posted on 2024-02-15, 18:02 authored by Amy TabbAmy Tabb

Images are used frequently in plant phenotyping to capture measurements. This chapter offers a repeatable method for capturing two-dimensional measurements of plant parts in field or laboratory settings using a variety of camera styles (cellular phone, DSLR), with the addition of a printed calibration pattern. The method is based on calibrating the camera using information available from the EXIF tags from the image, as well as visual information from the pattern. Code is provided to implement the method, as well as a dataset for testing. We include steps to verify protocol correctness by imaging an artifact. The use of this protocol for two-dimensional plant phenotypoing will allow data capture from different cameras and environments, with comparison on the same physical scale.


Resources in this dataset:

  • Resource Title: Code repository: camera-as-scanner.

    File Name: Web Page, url: https://github.com/amy-tabb/camera-as-scanner

    Code for calibrating a camera using a pattern, EXIF tags, and then warping to physical dimensions times a scaling factor. Originally for use in two-dimensional plant phenotyping.


  • Resource Title: Code repository: aruco-pattern-write.

    File Name: Web Page, url: https://github.com/amy-tabb/aruco-pattern-write

    Basic code for generating a gird of aruco patterns.


  • Resource Title: Code repository: camera-as-scanner-data.

    File Name: Web Page, url: https://github.com/amy-tabb/camera-as-scanner-data

    A minimal working example to verify that the installation of camera-as-scanner is working as expected.


  • Resource Title: Data and Code from: Using cameras for precise measurement of two-dimensional plant features: CASS (Zenodo).

    File Name: Web Page, url: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3677473

Funding

USDA-ARS

History

Data contact name

Tabb, Amy

Data contact email

amy.tabb@usda.gov

Publisher

Ag Data Commons

Intended use

The intended use of this method is for two-dimensional plant phenotyping, using consumer cameras. However, precise measurement of other roughly two-dimensional objects are possible with this method.

Use limitations

This method is not suitable for three-dimensional objects.

Theme

  • Not specified

ISO Topic Category

  • biota
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

cameras; phenotype; plant anatomy; calibration; image analysis; computer software; computer vision

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

ARS National Program Number

  • 305

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

Tabb, Amy (2019). Code from: Using cameras for precise measurement of two-dimensional plant features. Ag Data Commons.