Fioranelli, F. , Li, H., Le Kernec, J. , Busin, V. , Jonsson, N. , King, G. , Tomlinson, M. and Viora, L. (2019) Radar-based Evaluation of Lameness Detection in Ruminants: Preliminary Results. In: IEEE MTT-S 2019 International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC2019), Nanjing, China, 6-8 May 2019, ISBN 9781538673959 (doi: 10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777830)
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Abstract
This paper presents preliminary results on using radar systems and micro-Doppler signatures to evaluate lameness in ruminants. Lameness is regarded as a major welfare and economic problem for animals such as cattle and sheep. As evaluation methods are typically based on timeconsuming, subjective scoring by trained veterinary clinicians, there is scope for automatic methods that can improve repeatability and reliability. Our initial results on a relatively large sample of 51 dairy cows and 75 sheep show promising performance, with accuracy above 80% for cows and above 90% for sheep in the most favorable cases.
Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Tomlinson, Mr Martin and Busin, Valentina and Viora, Dr Lorenzo and Jonsson, Professor Nicholas and Fioranelli, Dr Francesco and King, Mr George and Li, Haobo and Le Kernec, Dr Julien |
Authors: | Fioranelli, F., Li, H., Le Kernec, J., Busin, V., Jonsson, N., King, G., Tomlinson, M., and Viora, L. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy |
ISBN: | 9781538673959 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 IEEE |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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