Academic Articles & Research Papers

Ear biometrics in computer vision

A class of biometrics based upon ear features is introduced for use in the development of passive identification systems. The viability of the proposed biometric is shown both theoretically in terms of the uniqueness and measurability over ...

Exploratory assessment of the clinical significance of the collateral system between the superior mesenteric artery and inferior mesenteric artery in laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery.

'They should listen to what we want': striving for woman-centred intrapartum care in Sudan's fragile healthcare system, a qualitative interpretive study.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Structural Health Monitoring and Computer Vision-Aided Procedure for Seismic Safety Measures of Linear Infrastructures

Computer vision in the structural health monitoring (SHM) field has become popular, especially for processing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data, but still has limitations both in experimental testing and in practical applications. Prior wo...

Enabling scalable inspection of offshore mooring systems using cost-effective autonomous underwater drones

As aquaculture expands to meet global food demand, it remains dependent on manual, costly, infrequent, and high-risk operations due to reliance on high-end Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Scalable and autonomous systems are needed to ena...

MAT-Fly: An Educational Platform for Simulating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aimed to Detect and Track Moving Objects

The main motivation of this work is to propose a simulation approach for a specific task within the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) field, i.e., the visual detection and tracking of arbitrary moving objects. In particular, it is described MAT...

Information fusion in computer vision using the fuzzy integral

A method of evidence fusion, based on the fuzzy integral, is developed. This technique nonlinearly combines objective evidence, in the form of a fuzzy membership function, with subjective evaluation of the worth of the sources with respect ...

Computer Vision, Models and Inspection

The main focus of this book is on the uses of computer vision for inspection and model based matching. It also provides a short, self contained introductory course on computer vision. The authors describe various state-of-the-art approaches...

Systematic review on the association between brain-related measures and upper limb movement characteristics after stroke.

Development of a 7-DOF robotic arm control system for autonomous grasping of user-specified general objects.

A systematic review of DoS and DDoS attack detection in cloud environments: evolutionary trends and the emerging role of meta-learning for cross-domain adaptability.

Mathematical foundations of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a systematic review.

Monitoring pedestrian walking dynamics under environmental and policy influences in urban spaces

Abstract Understanding how environmental conditions and policy interventions jointly shape pedestrian mobility is essential for designing resilient, adaptive, and human-centered urban spaces. This study presents a computer-vision framework ...

Edge AI for Industrial Visual Inspection: YOLOv8-Based Visual Conformity Detection Using Raspberry Pi

This paper presents a lightweight and cost-effective computer vision solution for automated industrial inspection using You Only Look Once (YOLO) v8 models deployed on embedded systems. The YOLOv8 Nano model, trained for 200 epochs, achieve...

An Implementation of an optimized dual-axis solar tracking algorithm for concentrating solar power plants deployment

A recent assessment of a pilot concentrating solar power plant in Ghana noticed the failure of the tracking system to accurately align the multifaceted heliostats toward the sun and focus the sunbeams onto the target. A further review of so...

A Comprehensive Review on 3D Object Detection and 6D Pose Estimation With Deep Learning

Nowadays, computer vision with 3D (dimension) object detection and 6D (degree of freedom) pose assumptions are widely discussed and studied in the field. In the 3D object detection process, classifications are centered on the object’...

Computer Vision and Ship Traffic Analysis: Inferring Maneuver Patterns From the Automatic Identification System

The Automatic Identification System has proven itself as a valuable source for ship traffic information. Its introduction has reversed the previous situation with scarcity of precise data from ship traffic and has instead posed the reverse ...

Scale Accuracy Evaluation of Image-Based 3D Reconstruction Strategies Using Laser Photogrammetry

Rapid developments in the field of underwater photogrammetry have given scientists the ability to produce accurate 3-dimensional (3D) models which are now increasingly used in the representation and study of local areas of interest. This pa...

Speeding Up Semantic Instance Segmentation by Using Motion Information

Environment perception and understanding represent critical aspects in most computer vision systems and/or applications. State-of-the-art techniques to solve this vision task (e.g., semantic instance segmentation) require either dedicated h...

Computer Perceptual Organization in Computer Vision

This book describes the design of a complete, flexible system for perceptual organization in computer vision using graph theoretic techniques, voting methods, and an extension of the Bayesian networks called perceptual inference networks (P...