A Comprehensive Review and Open Issues on Food Image Analysis and Dietary Assessment

摘要

Food is essential for human life and has been the concern of many healthcare conventions. Currently, several dietetic evaluation and food analysis tools have been introduced for assisting the individuals to be aware of their routine eating behaviors. Thereby, the healthier diet can be practiced by the dieticians for their well-being. This survey intends to make a review on 25 papers concerning food analysis and dietetic evaluation. Accordingly, a systematic analysis on the adopted techniques are carried out and presented briefly. In addition, the analysis on performance measures and related maximum achievements are also reviewed from each contribution. Finally, the survey portrays numerous research problems and weaknesses that may be supportive for researchers to introduce latest techniques on the dietetic evaluation and food analysis.