Shape and Style GAN-based Multispectral Data Augmentation for Crop/Weed Segmentation in Precision Farming

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Main Authors: Fawakherji, Mulham, Suriani, Vincenzo, Nardi, Daniele, Bloisi, Domenico Daniele
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Published: 2024
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author Fawakherji, Mulham
Suriani, Vincenzo
Nardi, Daniele
Bloisi, Domenico Daniele
author_facet Fawakherji, Mulham
Suriani, Vincenzo
Nardi, Daniele
Bloisi, Domenico Daniele
contents The use of deep learning methods for precision farming is gaining increasing interest. However, collecting training data in this application field is particularly challenging and costly due to the need of acquiring information during the different growing stages of the cultivation of interest. In this paper, we present a method for data augmentation that uses two GANs to create artificial images to augment the training data. To obtain a higher image quality, instead of re-creating the entire scene, we take original images and replace only the patches containing objects of interest with artificial ones containing new objects with different shapes and styles. In doing this, we take into account both the foreground (i.e., crop samples) and the background (i.e., the soil) of the patches. Quantitative experiments, conducted on publicly available datasets, demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The source code and data discussed in this work are available as open source.
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spellingShingle Shape and Style GAN-based Multispectral Data Augmentation for Crop/Weed Segmentation in Precision Farming
Fawakherji, Mulham
Suriani, Vincenzo
Nardi, Daniele
Bloisi, Domenico Daniele
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
The use of deep learning methods for precision farming is gaining increasing interest. However, collecting training data in this application field is particularly challenging and costly due to the need of acquiring information during the different growing stages of the cultivation of interest. In this paper, we present a method for data augmentation that uses two GANs to create artificial images to augment the training data. To obtain a higher image quality, instead of re-creating the entire scene, we take original images and replace only the patches containing objects of interest with artificial ones containing new objects with different shapes and styles. In doing this, we take into account both the foreground (i.e., crop samples) and the background (i.e., the soil) of the patches. Quantitative experiments, conducted on publicly available datasets, demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The source code and data discussed in this work are available as open source.
title Shape and Style GAN-based Multispectral Data Augmentation for Crop/Weed Segmentation in Precision Farming
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14119