Title :
Visualization of plant growth
Author :
Loomis, Jeremy J. ; Liu, Xiuwen ; Ding, Zhaohua ; FujiMura, Kikuo ; Evans, Michael L. ; Ishikawa, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
The measurement, analysis and visualization of plant growth is of primary interest to plant biologists. We are developing software tools to support such investigations. There are two parts in this investigation, namely growth visualization of (i) a plant root and (ii) a plant stem. For both domains, the input data is a stream of images taken by cameras. The tools being developed make it possible to measure various time-varying quantities, such as differential growth. For both domains, the plant is modeled by using flexible templates to represent non-rigid motions.
Keywords :
biology computing; biomedical imaging; biomedical measurement; botany; data visualisation; image sequences; differential growth measurement; flexible templates; image sequence analysis; image stream; input data stream; modelling; nonrigid motions; plant biology; plant growth visualization; plant root; plant stem; shape representation; time-varying quantity measurement; Cameras; Computational biology; Data visualization; Gravity; Humans; Image reconstruction; Length measurement; Motion analysis; Plants (biology); Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization '97., Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8262-0
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1997.663925
