Hierarchical Classification for Automated Image Annotation of Coral Reef Benthic Structures

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Auteurs principaux: Blondin, Célia, Guérin, Joris, Inagaki, Kelly, Longo, Guilherme, Berti-Équille, Laure
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author Blondin, Célia
Guérin, Joris
Inagaki, Kelly
Longo, Guilherme
Berti-Équille, Laure
author_facet Blondin, Célia
Guérin, Joris
Inagaki, Kelly
Longo, Guilherme
Berti-Équille, Laure
contents Automated benthic image annotation is crucial to efficiently monitor and protect coral reefs against climate change. Current machine learning approaches fail to capture the hierarchical nature of benthic organisms covering reef substrata, i.e., coral taxonomic levels and health condition. To address this limitation, we propose to annotate benthic images using hierarchical classification. Experiments on a custom dataset from a Northeast Brazilian coral reef show that our approach outperforms flat classifiers, improving both F1 and hierarchical F1 scores by approximately 2\% across varying amounts of training data. In addition, this hierarchical method aligns more closely with ecological objectives.
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spellingShingle Hierarchical Classification for Automated Image Annotation of Coral Reef Benthic Structures
Blondin, Célia
Guérin, Joris
Inagaki, Kelly
Longo, Guilherme
Berti-Équille, Laure
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Automated benthic image annotation is crucial to efficiently monitor and protect coral reefs against climate change. Current machine learning approaches fail to capture the hierarchical nature of benthic organisms covering reef substrata, i.e., coral taxonomic levels and health condition. To address this limitation, we propose to annotate benthic images using hierarchical classification. Experiments on a custom dataset from a Northeast Brazilian coral reef show that our approach outperforms flat classifiers, improving both F1 and hierarchical F1 scores by approximately 2\% across varying amounts of training data. In addition, this hierarchical method aligns more closely with ecological objectives.
title Hierarchical Classification for Automated Image Annotation of Coral Reef Benthic Structures
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08228