通过体细胞胚胎发生进行植物繁殖有很大潜力成为生产几种植物的试管苗和人工种子的重要技术。为了使大规模生产成为可能，需要自动化流程。本文描述了一种识别桦树体细胞胚的算法，桦树是芬兰重要的林业树种。可能会发芽的胚胎可以从细胞悬浮培养中选择。该算法基于通过提取某些定性特征，然后从剩余对象中选择好的胚胎，从而丢弃非胚胎的对象。

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