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ArticleHeliyon2024

Investigating attention mechanisms for plant disease identification in challenging environments.

Sangeeta Duhan, Preeti Gulia, Nasib Singh Gill, Piyush Kumar Shukla, Surbhi Bhatia Khan, Ahlam Almusharraf, Norah Alkhaldi

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Sangeeta DuhanDepartment of Computer Science & Applications, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India.
Preeti GuliaDepartment of Computer Science & Applications, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India.
Nasib Singh GillDepartment of Computer Science & Applications, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India.
Piyush Kumar ShuklaComputer Science & Engineering Department, University Institute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (Technological University of Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Surbhi Bhatia KhanDepartment of Data Science, School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, UK.
Ahlam AlmusharrafDepartment of Business Administration, College of Business and Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Norah AlkhaldiDepartment of Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

There is an increasing demand for efficient and precise plant disease detection methods that can quickly identify disease outbreaks. For this, researchers have developed various machine learning and image processing techniques. However, real-field images present challenges due to complex backgrounds, similarities between different disease symptoms, and the need to detect multiple diseases simultaneously. These obstacles hinder the development of a reliable classification model. The attention mechanisms emerge as a critical factor in enhancing the robustness of classification models by selectively focusing on relevant regions or features within infected regions in an image. This paper provides details about various types of attention mechanisms and explores the utilization of these techniques for the machine learning solutions created by researchers for image segmentation, feature extraction, object detection, and classification for efficient plant disease identification. Experiments are conducted on three models: MobileNetV2, EfficientNetV2, and ShuffleNetV2, to assess the effectiveness of attention modules. For this, Squeeze and Excitation layers, the Convolutional Block Attention Module, and transformer modules have been integrated into these models, and their performance has been evaluated using different metrics. The outcomes show that adding attention modules enhances the original models' functionality.

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Attention mechanismClassificationComputer visionDeep learningPlant disease detection

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PMID38707335
PMCPMC11066637

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