AI-Track-tive: open-source software for automated recognition and counting of surface semi-tracks using computer vision (artificial intelligence)

Nachtergaele, Simon; De Grave, Johan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-383-2021

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AI-Track-tive: open-source software for automated recognition and counting of surface semi-tracks using computer vision (artificial intelligence)

Simon Nachtergaele and Johan De Grave

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