Group-housed pigs and their body parts detection with Cascade Faster R-CNN
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Keywords: group-housed pigs, body parts detection, Faster R-CNN, Cascade structure
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20221503.6286
Citation: Xiao D Q, Lin S C, Liu Y F, Yang Q M, Wu H L. Group-housed pigs and their body parts detection with Cascade Faster R-CNN. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2022; 15(3): 203–209.
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