Academic Articles & Research Papers

Multimodal Phase-Space Dynamics Fusion for Robust Ischemia Screening: An Edge-AI Paradigm with SERF Magnetocardiography

Background: Myocardial ischemia (MI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and requires timely and reliable detection. Although Spin-Exchange Relaxation-Free (SERF) magnetocardiography (MCG) provides femtotesla-level sensiti...

Camera Calibration in High-Speed Robotic Assembly Operations

The increase in positioning accuracy and repeatability allowed the integration of robots in assembly operations using guidance systems (structured applications) or video acquisition systems (unstructured applications). This paper proposes a...

Machine Learning in Computer Vision

During last few years the computer applications have gone dramatic transformation from simple data processing to machine learning, thanks to the availability and accessibility of huge volume of data collected through sensors and internet. T...

Computer Vision Analysis of Intraoperative Video

OBJECTIVE(S): To develop and assess AI algorithms to identify operative steps in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). BACKGROUND: Computer vision, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), allows for quantitative analysis of video by comput...

SFCN: Symmetric feature comparison network for detecting ischemic stroke lesions on CT images

Abstract Ischemic stroke is the most common stroke and the leading cause of disability and death in the world. Computed tomography (CT) is a popular and economical diagnostic device for the stroke, However the ischemic stroke lesions are no...

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...

Improving Image Embeddings With Colour Features in Indoor Scene Geolocation

Embeddings remain the best way to represent image features, but do not always capture all latent information. This is still a problem in representation learning, and computer vision descriptors struggle with precision and accuracy. Improvin...

AI and Chatbot-Supported Interventions for Physical Activity and Obesity-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: Scoping Review With Attention to Family Involvement

Abstract BackgroundAI-enabled chatbots and related conversational systems can facilitate human–computer interaction through natural language, personalization, and automated support. In pediatric health promotion, these tools hav...

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1)

Strong gravitational lensing (SL) by galaxy clusters is a powerful probe of their inner mass distribution and a key test bed for cosmological models. However, the detection of SL events in wide-field surveys such as Euclid requires robust a...

Non-Destructive Monitoring of External Quality of Date Palm Fruit (<i>Phoenix dactylifera</i> L.) During Frozen Storage Using Digital Camera and Flatbed Scanner

The emergence of new technologies focusing on “computer vision” has contributed significantly to the assessment of fruit quality. In this study, an innovative approach based on image analysis was used to assess the external quality of fresh...

Open real-time, non-invasive fish detection and size estimation utilizing binocular camera system in a Portuguese river affected by hydropeaking

The need for efficient approaches to track and assess fish behavior in rivers impacted by hydropeaking is increasing. Nonetheless, employing an automated camera system for underwater monitoring requires that the algorithms function under hi...

Advances in Computer Vision

Handbook of computer vision and applications

Contents of Volume One: Preface. Contributors. B. Jahne, Introduction. Illumination and Image Formation. H. Hausecker, Radiation. H. Hausecker, Interaction of Radiation with Matter. P. Geisler, Geometric and Wave Optics. H. Hausecker, Radio...

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 ...

Computer vision: algorithms and applications

Humans perceive the three-dimensional structure of the world with apparent ease. However, despite all of the recent advances in computer vision research, the dream of having a computer interpret an image at the same level as a two-year old ...

An endogenous retinoic acid response element enhancer controls Cyp26a1-mediated retinoic acid clearance during embryonic stem cell differentiation.

Two-Argument Activation Functions Learn Soft XOR Operations Like Cortical Neurons

Neurons in the brain are complex machines with distinct functional compartments that interact nonlinearly. In contrast, neurons in artificial neural networks abstract away this complexity, typically down to a scalar activation function of a...

Determining the Optimum Layer Combination for Cross-Laminated Timber Panels According to Timber Strength Classes Using Artificial Neural Networks

The primary aim of this work was to determine the effects of production parameters, such as wood species and timber strength classes, on some mechanical properties of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels using artificial neural network (ANN)...

Neural Networks for RF and Microwave Design

From the Publisher: Discover the new, unconventional alternatives for conquering RF and microwave design and modeling problems using neural networks — information processing systems that can learn, generalize, and even allow model developm...

Artificial neural networks in medical diagnosis

An extensive amount of information is currently available to clinical specialists, ranging from details of clinical symptoms to various types of biochemical data and outputs of imaging devices. Each type of data provides information that mu...