Automated Measurement of Ovary Development in Atlantic Salmon Using Deep Learning.

Objective: Salmon breeding companies control the egg stripping period through environmental change, which triggers the need to identify the state of maturation. Ultrasound imaging of the salmon ovary is a proven non-invasive tool for this purpose; however, the process is laborious, and the interpretation of the ultrasound scans is subjective. Real-time ultrasound image segmentation of Atlantic salmon ovary provides an opportunity to overcome these limitations.