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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023

I2N: image to nutrients, a sensor guided semi-automated tool for annotation of images for nutrition analysis of eating episodes.

Tonmoy Ghosh, Megan A McCrory, Tyson Marden, Janine Higgins, Alex Kojo Anderson, Christabel Ampong Domfe, Wenyan Jia, Benny Lo, Gary Frost, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu and 3 more

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Tonmoy GhoshDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States.
Megan A McCroryDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
Tyson MardenColorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, United States.
Janine HigginsDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
Alex Kojo AndersonDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Christabel Ampong DomfeDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Wenyan JiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Benny LoDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
Gary FrostDepartment of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
Matilda Steiner-AsieduDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Tom BaranowskiChildren's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Mingui SunDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Edward SazonovDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Dietary assessment is important for understanding nutritional status. Traditional methods of monitoring food intake through self-report such as diet diaries, 24-hour dietary recall, and food frequency questionnaires may be subject to errors and can be time-consuming for the user. Methods: This paper presents a semi-automatic dietary assessment tool we developed - a desktop application called Image to Nutrients (I2N) - to process sensor-detected eating events and images captured during these eating events by a wearable sensor. I2N has the capacity to offer multiple food and nutrient databases (e.g., USDA-SR, FNDDS, USDA Global Branded Food Products Database) for annotating eating episodes and food items. I2N estimates energy intake, nutritional content, and the amount consumed. The components of I2N are three-fold: 1) sensor-guided image review, 2) annotation of food images for nutritional analysis, and 3) access to multiple food databases. Two studies were used to evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of I2N: 1) a US-based study with 30 participants and a total of 60 days of data and 2) a Ghana-based study with 41 participants and a total of 41 days of data). Results: In both studies, a total of 314 eating episodes were annotated using at least three food databases. Using I2N's sensor-guided image review, the number of images that needed to be reviewed was reduced by 93% and 85% for the two studies, respectively, compared to reviewing all the images. Discussion: I2N is a unique tool that allows for simultaneous viewing of food images, sensor-guided image review, and access to multiple databases in one tool, making nutritional analysis of food images efficient. The tool is flexible, allowing for nutritional analysis of images if sensor signals aren't available.

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food intakeimage annotationimage to nutrientssoftwarewearable sensor

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PMID37575335
PMCPMC10415029

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