Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer

Deep learning methods are increasingly used in automated plant species classification systems to support biodiversity conservation and ecological monitoring, particularly for medicinal plants. This study presents a novel approach to plant leaf recognition by integrating the Vision Transformer (ViT)...

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Main Authors: Thuy Phuong Khuat, Trang Van, Hoang Thien Van
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Language:English
Published: Graz University of Technology 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of Universal Computer Science
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Online Access:https://lib.jucs.org/article/129624/download/pdf/
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description Deep learning methods are increasingly used in automated plant species classification systems to support biodiversity conservation and ecological monitoring, particularly for medicinal plants. This study presents a novel approach to plant leaf recognition by integrating the Vision Transformer (ViT) model with the OSSGabor filter, termed the OGViT method. The OSSGabor filter is a leaf feature extraction technique that combines the responses of Gabor filters in 16 directions and optimizes their parameters using the Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM). These features capture intricate details such as leaf veins, texture, and frequency variations, which are essential for enabling ViT to fully leverage deep learning for leaf recognition. Experimental results on four public datasets—Swedish Leaf, Flavia, Folio, and UCI Leaf—demonstrate that the OGViT method outperforms state-of-the-art approaches, achieving accuracy scores of 100%, 100%, 100%, and 98.88%, respectively, with a 20% testing set and an 80% training set. This performance highlights the effectiveness of the proposed method for plant classification, offering a robust tool with potential applications in agriculture and biodiversity conservation. 
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spelling doaj-art-3be36040b68840b9a87d90b8e34a5e4e2025-08-20T02:17:06ZengGraz University of TechnologyJournal of Universal Computer Science0948-69682025-05-0131662364710.3897/jucs.129624129624Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision TransformerThuy Phuong Khuat0Trang Van1Hoang Thien Van2HUTECH UniversityHo Chi Minh City University of Economics and FinanceHUTECH UniversityDeep learning methods are increasingly used in automated plant species classification systems to support biodiversity conservation and ecological monitoring, particularly for medicinal plants. This study presents a novel approach to plant leaf recognition by integrating the Vision Transformer (ViT) model with the OSSGabor filter, termed the OGViT method. The OSSGabor filter is a leaf feature extraction technique that combines the responses of Gabor filters in 16 directions and optimizes their parameters using the Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM). These features capture intricate details such as leaf veins, texture, and frequency variations, which are essential for enabling ViT to fully leverage deep learning for leaf recognition. Experimental results on four public datasets—Swedish Leaf, Flavia, Folio, and UCI Leaf—demonstrate that the OGViT method outperforms state-of-the-art approaches, achieving accuracy scores of 100%, 100%, 100%, and 98.88%, respectively, with a 20% testing set and an 80% training set. This performance highlights the effectiveness of the proposed method for plant classification, offering a robust tool with potential applications in agriculture and biodiversity conservation. https://lib.jucs.org/article/129624/download/pdf/Plant classificationSSIMGabor FilterVision T
spellingShingle Thuy Phuong Khuat
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Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer
Journal of Universal Computer Science
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SSIM
Gabor Filter
Vision T
title Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer
title_full Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer
title_fullStr Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer
title_full_unstemmed Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer
title_short Plant Leaf Recognition using OSSGabor filter and Vision Transformer
title_sort plant leaf recognition using ossgabor filter and vision transformer
topic Plant classification
SSIM
Gabor Filter
Vision T
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