A scutum-focused deep learning pipeline for species-level identification of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from citizen-science images
Nikhil Kruthiventi, Allie Hannum, Abe Megahed, Sriram Chellappan, Ryan M. Carney, Finn Kuusisto, Johnny A. Uelmen
The paper develops a deep learning pipeline to identify Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from citizen-science images by focusing on the scutum region, achieving improved classification accuracy.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics