Academic Articles & Research Papers

Deep Learning for Computer Vision: A Brief Review

Over the last years deep learning methods have been shown to outperform previous state-of-the-art machine learning techniques in several fields, with computer vision being one of the most prominent cases. This review paper provides a brief ...

Deep learning based computer vision approaches for smart agricultural applications

The agriculture industry is undergoing a rapid digital transformation and is growing powerful by the pillars of cutting-edge approaches like artificial intelligence and allied technologies. At the core of artificial intelligence, deep learn...

A coarse to fine network for fast and accurate object detection in high‐resolution images

Abstract Because of the popularisation of high‐resolution images, detecting objects in these images quickly and accurately has attracted increasing attention in recent studies. Current convolutional neural networks (CNN)‐based detection met...

MaskDis R‐CNN: An instance segmentation algorithm with adversarial network for herd pigs

Abstract The current instance segmentation method can achieve satisfactory results in common scenarios. However, under the overlap or partial occlusion between targets caused by the complex scenes, accurate segmentation of pigs remains a ch...

Deep Learning and Bidirectional Optical Flow Based Viewport Predictions for 360° Video Coding

The rapid development of virtual reality applications continues to urge better compression of 360° videos owing to the large volume of content. These videos are typically converted to 2-D formats using various projection techniques i...

A Comprehensive Joint Learning System to Detect Skin Cancer

Skin, the body’s biggest organ and a barrier against heat, light, damage, and infection can be affected by many diseases. However, a correct diagnosis can lead to proper treatment. Skin diseases must be identified early to reduce ski...

Convolutional-de-convolutional neural networks for recognition of surgical workflow

Computer-assisted surgery (CAS) has occupied an important position in modern surgery, further stimulating the progress of methodology and technology. In recent years, a large number of computer vision-based methods have been widely used in ...

A Lightweight Reconstruction Model via a Neural Network for a Video Super-Resolution Model

Super-resolution in image and video processing has been a challenge in computer vision, with its progression creating substantial societal ramifications. More specifically, video super-resolution methodologies aim to restore spatial details...

A Taxonomy of Deep Convolutional Neural Nets for Computer Vision

Traditional architectures for solving computer vision problems and the degree of success they enjoyed have been heavily reliant on hand-crafted features. However, of late, deep learning techniques have offered a compelling alternative -- th...

A Novel Mixed-Precision Quantization Approach for CNNs

Model size and inference speed have brought about major challenges for the deployment of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in many applications. An effective approach to address this issue is model quantization, which achieves network co...

Deep Learning-Based Eye-Writing Recognition with Improved Preprocessing and Data Augmentation Techniques

Eye-tracking technology enables communication for individuals with muscle control difficulties, making it a valuable assistive tool. Traditional systems rely on electrooculography (EOG) or infrared devices, which are accurate but costly and...

Integrating Computer Vision: Advancements in Fire and Smoke Detection Using CNNs

Conventional fire detection systems, which depend on smoke and fire sensors, frequently have problems with calibration, susceptibility to environmental changes, and the requirement for ongoing maintenance. These flaws can result in unfavora...

Data Efficient Vision Transformer Based Model for Brain Tumor Classification in MRI

Accurate detection of brain tumors at early stages is crucial for clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the most popular method due to its soft-tissue contrast and spatial resolution. However, manual...

Real time distracted driver detection using Xception architecture and Raspberry Pi

Researchers are concentrating on developing technologies to identify and caution drivers against driving while distracted because it is a major cause of traffic accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator's rep...

Application of Graph Structures in Computer Vision Tasks

On the one hand, the solution of computer vision tasks is associated with the development of various kinds of images or random fields mathematical models, i.e., algorithms, that are called traditional image processing. On the other hand, no...

Emerging Trends in Autonomous Vehicle Perception: Multimodal Fusion for 3D Object Detection

The pursuit of autonomous driving relies on developing perception systems capable of making accurate, robust, and rapid decisions to interpret the driving environment effectively. Object detection is crucial for understanding the environmen...

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...

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 Guide to Convolutional Neural Networks for Computer Vision

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...