Zakarya Farea Shaaf^1,*, Muhammad Mahadi Abdul Jamil¹, Radzi Ambar¹, Ahmed Abdu Alattab^2,3, Anwar Ali Yahya^3,4, Yousef Asiri⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 1819-1835, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.031900

Abstract The automatic localization of the left ventricle (LV) in short-axis magnetic resonance (MR) images is a required step to process cardiac images using convolutional neural networks for the extraction of a region of interest (ROI). The precise extraction of the LV’s ROI from cardiac MRI images is crucial for detecting heart disorders via cardiac segmentation or registration. Nevertheless, this task appears to be intricate due to the diversities in the size and shape of the LV and the scattering of surrounding tissues across different slices. Thus, this study proposed a region-based convolutional network (Faster R-CNN) for the LV localization from… More >

Nidhi Agarwal^1,2, M. Gokilavani³, S. Nagarajan⁴, S. Saranya⁵, Hadeel Alsolai⁶, Sami Dhahbi^7,*, Amira Sayed Abdelaziz⁸

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 141-152, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.030074

Abstract In recent times, wireless sensor network (WSN) finds their suitability in several application areas, ranging from military to commercial ones. Since nodes in WSN are placed arbitrarily in the target field, node localization (NL) becomes essential where the positioning of the nodes can be determined by the aid of anchor nodes. The goal of any NL scheme is to improve the localization accuracy and reduce the localization error rate. With this motivation, this study focuses on the design of Intelligent Aquila Optimization Algorithm Based Node Localization Scheme (IAOAB-NLS) for WSN. The presented IAOAB-NLS model makes use of anchor nodes to… More >

Muhammad Imran^1,*, Hafeez Anwar², Muhammad Tufail¹, Abdullah Khan¹, Murad Khan³, Dzati Athiar Ramli⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 203-216, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.029834

Abstract We propose to perform an image-based framework for electrical energy meter reading. Our aim is to extract the image region that depicts the digits and then recognize them to record the consumed units. Combining the readings of serial numbers and energy meter units, an automatic billing system using the Internet of Things and a graphical user interface is deployable in a real-time setup. However, such region extraction and character recognition become challenging due to image variations caused by several factors such as partial occlusion due to dust on the meter display, orientation and scale variations caused by camera positioning, and… More >

Edgar Scavino^1,*, Mohd Amiruddin Abd Rahman¹, Zahid Farid²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 379-397, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.023824

Abstract Accurate location or positioning of people and self-driven devices in large indoor environments has become an important necessity The application of increasingly automated self-operating moving transportation units, in large indoor spaces demands a precise knowledge of their positions. Technologies like WiFi and Bluetooth, despite their low-cost and availability, are sensitive to signal noise and fading effects. For these reasons, a hybrid approach, which uses two different signal sources, has proven to be more resilient and accurate for the positioning determination in indoor environments. Hence, this paper proposes an improved hybrid technique to implement a fingerprinting based indoor positioning, using Received… More >

Ji Wang¹, Liming Li^1,2,3, Shubin Zheng^1,3, Shuguang Zhao², Xiaodong Chai^1,3, Lele Peng^1,3, Weiwei Qi^1,3, Qianqian Tong¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.3, pp. 1671-1706, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.022143

Abstract Loosening detection; cascade deep convolutional neural network; object localization; saliency detection problem of bolts on axlebox covers. Firstly, an SSD network based on ResNet50 and CBAM module by improving bolt image features is proposed for locating bolts on axlebox covers. And then, the A²-PFN is proposed according to the slender features of the marker lines for extracting more accurate marker lines regions of the bolts. Finally, a rectangular approximation method is proposed to regularize the marker line regions as a way to calculate the angle of the marker line and plot all the angle values into an angle table, according… More > Graphic Abstract

Anjani Kumar Rai^*, Subodh Srivastava

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.3, pp. 1489-1528, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020920

Abstract Image forging is the alteration of a digital image to conceal some of the necessary or helpful information. It cannot be easy to distinguish the modified region from the original image in some circumstances. The demand for authenticity and the integrity of the image drive the detection of a fabricated image. There have been cases of ownership infringements or fraudulent actions by counterfeiting multimedia files, including re-sampling or copy-moving. This work presents a high-level view of the forensics of digital images and their possible detection approaches. This work presents a thorough analysis of digital image forgery detection techniques with their… More >

HAIFENG WANG^1,2,*, JUAN GUO¹, TIEQIAO WEN^2,*

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.12, pp. 2615-2624, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.021247

Abstract The characterization and functions of transmembrane protein 59-like (TMEM59L), a type I transmembrane protein, are not clearly understood until now. Some TMEM59L and fluorescent fusion proteins constructs were transfected in cell lines and liposomes, and their localization was observed. The effects of protein constructs were studied by fluorescence microscopy and western blotting. This study reports a novel function of human TMEM59L (hTMEM59L) related to the expression and location of some proteins. In addition, we report two novel splice variants of human TMEM59L (hTMEM59L). The localization of mutants of this protein, lacking a middle region, and a C-terminal deletion, markedly differed… More >

S. Prabhakaran^1,*, R. Annie Uthra¹, J. Preetharoselyn²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.3, pp. 2683-2700, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.028898

Abstract The Problem of Photovoltaic (PV) defects detection and classification has been well studied. Several techniques exist in identifying the defects and localizing them in PV panels that use various features, but suffer to achieve higher performance. An efficient Real-Time Multi Variant Deep learning Model (RMVDM) is presented in this article to handle this issue. The method considers different defects like a spotlight, crack, dust, and micro-cracks to detect the defects as well as localizes the defects. The image data set given has been preprocessed by applying the Region-Based Histogram Approximation (RHA) algorithm. The preprocessed images are applied with Gray Scale… More >

Yanyi Wu¹, Xiaoyu Li², Qinsheng Zhu^1,*, Xiaolei Liu², Hao Wu¹, Shan Yang³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 6139-6149, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.032086

Abstract As an essential part of artificial intelligence, many works focus on image processing which is the branch of computer vision. Nevertheless, image localization faces complex challenges in image processing with image data increases. At the same time, quantum computing has the unique advantages of improving computing power and reducing energy consumption. So, combining the advantage of quantum computing is necessary for studying the quantum image localization algorithms. At present, many quantum image localization algorithms have been proposed, and their efficiency is theoretically higher than the corresponding classical algorithms. But, in quantum computing experiments, quantum gates in quantum computing hardware need… More >

Ziyi Wang¹, Xiaoyan Zhao^1,*, Hongjun Rong¹, Ying Tong¹, Jingang Shi²

Journal of New Media, Vol.4, No.3, pp. 145-153, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jnm.2022.030178

Abstract Microphone array-based sound source localization (SSL) is widely used in a variety of occasions such as video conferencing, robotic hearing, speech enhancement, speech recognition and so on. The traditional SSL methods cannot achieve satisfactory performance in adverse noisy and reverberant environments. In order to improve localization performance, a novel SSL algorithm using convolutional residual network (CRN) is proposed in this paper. The spatial features including time difference of arrivals (TDOAs) between microphone pairs and steered response power-phase transform (SRP-PHAT) spatial spectrum are extracted in each Gammatone sub-band. The spatial features of different sub-bands with a frame are combine into a… More >