CORRECTION article

Front. Earth Sci., 16 May 2024

Sec. Marine Geoscience

Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1415557

Corrigendum: Seabed classification of multibeam echosounder data into bedrock/non-bedrock using deep learning

  • 1. NTNU, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Trondheim, Norway

  • 2. Kongsberg Discovery, Horten, Norway

  • 3. The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway

In the published article, there were minor inaccuracies, specifically concerning the metrics values for multiple-input models (Table 2) and misclassification values in Table 3. The corrections also extend to the corresponding confusion matrices in the Supplementary Material.

TABLE 2

Single-layer models
Model nameDStestUAccPAccAccKappa
Non-bedrockBedrockNon-bedrockBedrock
Backscatter (MB)0.690.860.630.770.760.770.51
Depth (MD)0.790.930.720.830.880.840.67
Hillshade (MH)0.760.930.660.760.890.810.60
Slope (MS)0.800.920.750.850.850.850.68
Two-layers models
Backscatter and Depth (MBD)0.710.900.620.740.830.770.54
Backscatter and Hillshade (MBH)0.740.900.660.780.840.800.58
Backscatter and Slope (MBS)0.780.920.720.830.860.840.66
Depth and Hillshade (MDH)0.740.930.640.740.890.790.58
Depth and Slope (MDS)0.770.890.750.860.800.840.66
Hillshade and Slope (MHS)0.780.910.720.830.850.840.66

Overview of the metrics calculated for both the single-layer and two-layers models.

TABLE 3

Converted classesOriginal classesFraction of original class in the test dataset (%)Fraction of original class in the bedrock prediction (%)
MBMDMSMBS
BedrockThin or discontinuous sediment cover on bedrock20.2745.1352.8553.9144.76
Exposed bedrock7.0318.6219.9521.3518.05
Non-bedrockSand, gravel and cobbles6.768.623.903.687.95
Gravel, cobbles and boulders2.180.430.210.170.84
Mud and sand with gravel, cobbles and boulders2.321.090.980.441.14
Anthropogenic material00000
Cobbles and boulders6.661.151.000.552.82
Mud/sand and cobbles/boulders0.270.130.080.010.11
Sand and boulders00000
Cobbles/boulders covered by mud/sand1.201.311.531.121.27
Sand3.050.240.070.070.57
Mud0.510.0900.010
Sandy mud8.900.980.770.720.78
Muddy sand4.131.431.090.911.43
Gravelly sandy mud1.050.370.250.400.33
Gravelly muddy sand1.090.890.500.430.76
Gravelly mud00000
Organic mud00000
Gravelly Sand1.260.840.530.430.89
Gravel and cobbles2.010.490.150.170.92
Sand, gravel, cobbles and boulders11.6618.1416.1015.5817.31
Sandy gravel0.050.040.040.050.06
Gravel00000
Muddy gravel00000
Muddy sandy gravel00000

The table analyzes the over-prediction of the bedrock class resulting in pixels predicted as bedrock even if belonging to a different original sediment class. The over-prediction of the bedrock was quantified by dividing the number of pixels of each original class predicted as bedrock, by the total number of pixels predicted as bedrock. These results are displayed respectively for the backscatter, depth, slope and the backscatter and depth models in the column “Fraction of original class in the bedrock prediction (%)”. A column showing the fraction of original sediment classes in the test dataset (%) has also been added. To be noted that the sum of percentages in this column adds up to 80.37%, the remaining 19.63% belongs the background class, not included in the calculation.

In Table 2, the sub-headers PAcc and UAcc were interchanged. In addition, the metrics for the multiple-input models have been re-evaluated to reflect minor miscalculations in the code. The corrected Table 2 and its caption appear below.

In Table 3, there was a slight miscalculation of some of the statistical values in the columns under “Fraction of original class in the bedrock prediction (%)”, and a transcription error in the value for the original class “Sand, gravel and cobbles” for the model MB. The corrected Table 3 and its caption appear below.

In 3 Results, paragraph 1, it was stated: “The results for the multiple-input models confirmed the higher predictive power of the depth and slope over backscatter, as all the models incorporating backscatter data (MBD, MBH and MBS) consistently showed lower performance metrics. Noticeably, while MDS displayed the highest metrics among the multiple-input models, it did not outperform the single-input models MD and MS.” The corrected paragraph is as follows:

“The results for the multiple-input models confirmed the higher predictive power of the depth and slope over backscatter, as all the multiple-input models incorporating backscatter data (MBD, MBH and MBS) consistently showed lower performance metrics than the corresponding single-input models without backscatter data (respectively, MD, MH, and MS). Noticeably, no multiple-input models outperformed the best single-input models.”

In 3 Results, paragraph 3, it was stated: “This observation is confirmed by the results listed in Table 2 where the UAcc values for the bedrock class for all the models are higher than the corresponding PAcc ones”. To address the mislabeling of “PAcc” and “UAcc”, the sentence has been corrected as follows:

“This observation is confirmed by the results listed in Table 2 where the PAcc values for the bedrock class for all the models are higher than the corresponding UAcc ones.”

In 3 Results, paragraph 4, it was stated: “While the models generally over-predict the bedrock class, as seen from the higher UAcc values compared to the corresponding PAcc values (Table 2) and from Figure 9, instances of under-prediction are also evident.” To address the mislabeling of “PAcc” and “UAcc”, the sentence has been corrected as follows:

“While the models generally over-predict the bedrock class, as seen from the higher PAcc values compared to the corresponding UAcc values (Table 2) and from Figure 9, instances of under-prediction are also evident.”

In 3 Results, paragraph 5, it was stated: ‘As an example of the table interpretation, for the original class “exposed bedrock” and for the model , the 19.92% of the totality of pixels predicted as bedrock, corresponds to the original class “exposed bedrock”.’ Modifying a percentage value as per Table 3, the sentence has been corrected as follows:

‘As an example of the table interpretation, for the original class “exposed bedrock” and for the model , 19.95% of the totality of pixels predicted as bedrock, corresponds to the original class “exposed bedrock”.’

In 4 Discussion, paragraph 3, it was stated: “MBD, MBH and MBS showed comparable performance to one another but a lower performance compared to the single-layer depth models (Table 2).” The sentence has been corrected as follows:

MBD, MBH and MBS showed a varied range of performance, but it was in each case lower compared to the corresponding single-layer model without the backscatter layer (Table 2).”

To reflect the updated metric values for the multiple-input models, Supplementary Figures S5–S10 have been updated.

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords

deep-learning, seabed, segmentation, multibeam, backscatter, bathymetry, classification

Citation

Garone RV, Birkenes Lønmo TI, Gregory Schimel AC, Diesing M, Thorsnes T and Løvstakken L (2024) Corrigendum: Seabed classification of multibeam echosounder data into bedrock/non-bedrock using deep learning. Front. Earth Sci. 12:1415557. doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1415557

Received

10 April 2024

Accepted

23 April 2024

Published

16 May 2024

Volume

12 - 2024

Edited and reviewed by

Davide Oppo, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States

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*Correspondence: Rosa Virginia Garone,

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All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

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