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Deep learning based instance segmentation of mandarin fruit slices for precision assessment and morphological quantification.
| Τίτλος: | Deep learning based instance segmentation of mandarin fruit slices for precision assessment and morphological quantification. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Le AT; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam.; Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam., Ahn J; Department of Management Information Systems, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea. jha@jejunu.ac.kr., Thai TT; Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam. thaithanhtuan@jejunu.ac.kr.; Multimedia Communications Laboratory, University of Information Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam. thaithanhtuan@jejunu.ac.kr.; Department of Plant Resources and Environment, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea. thaithanhtuan@jejunu.ac.kr. |
| Πηγή: | Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2026 Apr 17; Vol. 16 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Apr 17. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101563288 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-2322 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20452322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Rep Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : Nature Publishing Group, copyright 2011- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Citrus*/anatomy & histology , Fruit*/anatomy & histology , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*/methods , Deep Learning* , Detection Algorithms* |
| Περίληψη: | Accurate instance segmentation of mandarin fruit slices is essential for quantifying segment morphology and central core structure, which are key traits in cultivar evaluation, fruit quality assessment, and postharvest application. Manual measurement of these anatomical features, however, is time-consuming and prone to inconsistency. In this study, we developed an automated segmentation framework based on YOLOv8 to detect and semantic segment the fruit segments and the central core in high-resolution mandarin transversely cut images. The model was trained on a curated datasetderived from 58 original high-resolution cross-sectional images (5100 × 7019 pixels), which were systematically partitioned into 280 cropped sub-images (1712 × 1778 pixels), each containing a single complete citrus slice, and demonstrated excellent performance. YOLOv8 achieved near-perfect detection metrics, with bounding box metrics precision ~ 0.997, recall ~ 1.00, mAP50 ~ 0.995, and mAP50-95 ~ 0.922. Semantic segmentation accuracy was similarly strong, with precision = 0.997, Recall ~ 1.00, mAP50 ~ 0.995, and mAP50-95 = 0.965. Training and validation losses converged steadily, indicating stable learning without overfitting. The nonsignificant differences between YOLOv8-predicted measurements and ground truth data, together with low mean absolute error (MAE) values, demonstrate that the model not only performs well in semantic segmentation metrics but also maintains high accuracy in quantitative measurements, which is critical for cultivar discrimination and genetic studies. Our work provides a robust, high-precision, and reproducible framework for mandarin fruit slice phenotyping, offering significant potential for applications in agricultural research, breeding programs, and automated fruit quality evaluation. (© 2026. The Author(s).) |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: All authors have reviewed the final manuscript and consent to its publication. No individual person’s data are included that would require additional consent. |
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| Grant Information: | RS-2024-00348897 National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Instance segmentation; Mandarin fruit; Phenotyping; YOLOv8 |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260417 Date Completed: 20260612 Latest Revision: 20260813 |
| Update Code: | 20260813 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13246784 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-026-46784-4 |
| PMID: | 41998006 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-026-46784-4 |