Academic Articles & Research Papers

DualSight: multi-stage instance segmentation framework for improved precision

Abstract Powder properties, particularly their morphology (which includes size, shape, surface roughness, etc.), play a critical role in the quality of cold spray additively manufactured materials. A change in feedstock powder morphology ca...

Computer Vision: A First Course

Computer vision is a new discipline recently developed from image processing, which is able to take raw images, and, after suitable processing, derive information from them automatically. Computer vision applications are legion in the areas...

DAPS3D: Domain Adaptive Projective Segmentation of 3D LiDAR Point Clouds

LiDARs are one of the key sources of reliable environmental ranging information for autonomous vehicles. However, segmentation of 3D scene elements (roads, buildings, people, cars, etc.) based on LiDAR point clouds has limitations. On the o...

Cross-Attention Joint Denoising and Semantic Segmentation for Robust Image Analysis

Semantic segmentation assigns class labels at the pixel level, forming a key part of various computer vision applications, including autonomous driving, medical imaging, and robotics. However, segmentation accuracy often drops significantly...

HawkEye: AI-Driven Software for Objective Analysis and Characterization of Nodular Cast Iron Microstructures

Metallographic evaluation of nodular cast iron is crucial for quality control in the foundry industry. Traditionally, this process relies on experts who visually interpret microscopic images. This study introduces HawkEye, a comprehensive s...

Vehicle Ego-Trajectory Segmentation Using Guidance Cues

Computer vision has significantly influenced recent advancements in autonomous driving by providing cutting-edge solutions for various challenges, including object detection, semantic segmentation, and comprehensive scene understanding. One...

Data-Efficient Transformer Model for Retinal Artery-Vein Segmentation in Landmark-Deficient OCT Angiography.

Joint reconstruction-segmentation on graphs.

Inverse Evolution Layers: Physics-informed Regularizers for Image Segmentation.

A Comparative Study of Physically Accurate Synthetic Shadow Datasets in Agricultural Settings with Human Activity

Shadow, a natural phenomenon resulting from the absence of light, plays a pivotal role in agriculture, particularly in processes such as photosynthesis in plants. Despite the availability of generic shadow datasets, many suffer from annotat...

Attention mechanisms in computer vision: A survey

Humans can naturally and effectively find salient regions in complex scenes. Motivated by this observation, attention mechanisms were introduced into computer vision with the aim of imitating this aspect of the human visual system. Such an ...

Intelligent Algorithm for Rock Core RQD Based on Object Detection and Image Segmentation to Suppress Noise and Vibration

In the construction of the civil engineering infrastructure, the noise and vibration are affected by the geological conditions, adopting specific construction techniques based on the geological conditions is of great significance in suppres...

Hard exudate segmentation in retinal image with attention mechanism

Abstract Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the main reason that causes preventable blindness. Hard exudate is one of the earliest signs of diabetic retinopathy. Precise detection of hard exudate is helpful for the early diagnosis of diabetic ret...

Evaluation of Similarity of Image Explanations Produced by SHAP, LIME and Grad-CAM

Introduction. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are a subtype of neural networks developed specifically to work with images [1]. They have achieved great success both in research and in practical applications in recent years, however, on...

A review of convolutional neural networks in computer vision

Abstract In computer vision, a series of exemplary advances have been made in several areas involving image classification, semantic segmentation, object detection, and image super-resolution reconstruction with the rapid development of dee...

Addressing practical challenge of using autopilot drone for asphalt surface monitoring: Road detection, segmentation, and following

According to the recent world bank report, around 80% of a life-cycle cost of a road is devoted to maintenance which includes monitoring and repair processes. To more effectively keep road serviceability, knowing the current status of road ...

Applications of deep learning to MRI images: A survey

Deep learning provides exciting solutions in many fields, such as image analysis, natural language processing, and expert system, and is seen as a key method for various future applications. On account of its non-invasive and good soft tiss...

Assessment of algorithmic performance in PET-CT segmentation of solitary lung tumors.

A Preliminary Study on the Auto-Segmentation of Targets and Organs at Risk in Pediatric Total Marrow and Lymphoid Irradiation

Introduction Leukemia is one of the most prevalent cancers in children. The use of total marrow and lymphoid irradiation (TMLI) via helical tomotherapy (TOMO) as a conditioning regimen prior to bone marrow transplant (BMT) has been widely a...

Evaluating artificial intelligence for a focal nodular hyperplasia diagnosis using magnetic resonance imaging: preliminary findings

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnosing focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and compare its performance with that of radiologists....