Automated classification of starch granules using supervised pattern recognition of morphological properties

作者：Wilson Julie^*; Hardy Karen; Allen Richard; Copeland Les; Wrangham Richard; Collins Matthew

来源：Journal of Archaeological Science, 2010, 37(3): 594-604.

DOI：10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.024

• Starch morphology
• Image analysis
• Classification
• Supervised learning

Image analysis techniques have been used to investigate the likelihood of being able to classify and assign a probability regarding the plant origin of individual starch granules in a collection of granules. Quantifiable variables were used to characterize the granules, and the assignments and probabilities were calculated objectively. We consider the classification of images containing granules of a single species and of mixed species and the possibility of assigning a class to granules of unknown species in an image of a slide obtained from the dental calculus of chimpanzees.

• 出版日期2010-3