Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation

We are developing a dietary assessment system that records daily food intake through the use of food images taken at a meal. The food images are then analyzed to extract the nutrient content in the food. In this paper, we describe the image analysis tools to determine the regions where a particular...

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Main Authors: He, Y., Xu, C., Khanna, N., Boushey, Carol, Delp, E.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50154
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Xu, C.
Khanna, N.
Boushey, Carol
Delp, E.
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description We are developing a dietary assessment system that records daily food intake through the use of food images taken at a meal. The food images are then analyzed to extract the nutrient content in the food. In this paper, we describe the image analysis tools to determine the regions where a particular food is located (image segmentation), identify the food type (feature classification) and estimate the weight of the food item (weight estimation). An image segmentation and classification system is proposed to improve the food segmentation and identification accuracy. We then estimate the weight of food to extract the nutrient content from a single image using a shape template for foods with regular shapes and area-based weight estimation for foods with irregular shapes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-501542018-03-29T09:09:27Z Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation He, Y. Xu, C. Khanna, N. Boushey, Carol Delp, E. We are developing a dietary assessment system that records daily food intake through the use of food images taken at a meal. The food images are then analyzed to extract the nutrient content in the food. In this paper, we describe the image analysis tools to determine the regions where a particular food is located (image segmentation), identify the food type (feature classification) and estimate the weight of the food item (weight estimation). An image segmentation and classification system is proposed to improve the food segmentation and identification accuracy. We then estimate the weight of food to extract the nutrient content from a single image using a shape template for foods with regular shapes and area-based weight estimation for foods with irregular shapes. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50154 10.1109/ICME.2013.6607548 restricted
spellingShingle He, Y.
Xu, C.
Khanna, N.
Boushey, Carol
Delp, E.
Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation
title Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation
title_full Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation
title_fullStr Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation
title_full_unstemmed Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation
title_short Food image analysis: Segmentation, identification and weight estimation
title_sort food image analysis: segmentation, identification and weight estimation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50154