RESUMEN

We have developed a methodology for the systematic generation of a large image dataset of macerated wood references, which we used to generate image data for nine hardwood genera. This is the basis for a substantial approach to automate, for the first time, the identification of hardwood species in microscopic images of fibrous materials by deep learning. Our methodology includes a flexible pipeline for easy annotation of vessel elements. We compare the performance of different neural network architectures and hyperparameters. Our proposed method performs similarly well to human experts. In the future, this will improve controls on global wood fiber product flows to protect forests.

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Aprendizaje Profundo , Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador , Madera , Madera/anatomía & histología , Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador/métodos , Microscopía/métodos , Redes Neurales de la Computación