Qixiang Tong, Zhipeng Zhu, Min Zhang, Kerui Cao, Haihua Xing^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 1353-1375, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.049187

Abstract High-resolution remote sensing image segmentation is a challenging task. In urban remote sensing, the presence of occlusions and shadows often results in blurred or invisible object boundaries, thereby increasing the difficulty of segmentation. In this paper, an improved network with a cross-region self-attention mechanism for multi-scale features based on DeepLabv3+ is designed to address the difficulties of small object segmentation and blurred target edge segmentation. First, we use CrossFormer as the backbone feature extraction network to achieve the interaction between large- and small-scale features, and establish self-attention associations between features at both large and small scales to capture global contextual… More >

Dingping Chen¹, Zhiheng Zhu², Jinyang Fu^1,3, Jilin He^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 1679-1703, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.049048

Abstract The detection of crack defects on the walls of road tunnels is a crucial step in the process of ensuring travel safety and performing routine tunnel maintenance. The automatic and accurate detection of cracks on the surface of road tunnels is the key to improving the maintenance efficiency of road tunnels. Machine vision technology combined with a deep neural network model is an effective means to realize the localization and identification of crack defects on the surface of road tunnels. We propose a complete set of automatic inspection methods for identifying cracks on the walls of road tunnels as a… More >

Supeng Yu¹, Fen Huang^1,*, Chengcheng Fan^2,3,4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 549-562, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.048608

Abstract Significant advancements have been achieved in road surface extraction based on high-resolution remote sensing image processing. Most current methods rely on fully supervised learning, which necessitates enormous human effort to label the image. Within this field, other research endeavors utilize weakly supervised methods. These approaches aim to reduce the expenses associated with annotation by leveraging sparsely annotated data, such as scribbles. This paper presents a novel technique called a weakly supervised network using scribble-supervised and edge-mask (WSSE-net). This network is a three-branch network architecture, whereby each branch is equipped with a distinct decoder module dedicated to road extraction tasks. One… More >

Zezheng Meng, Zefeng Cai, Jie Feng^*, Hanjie Ma, Haixiang Zhang, Shaohua Li

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 1481-1496, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.048002

Abstract Optical braille recognition methods typically employ existing target detection models or segmentation models for the direct detection and recognition of braille characters in original braille images. However, these methods need improvement in accuracy and generalizability, especially in densely dotted braille image environments. This paper presents a two-stage braille recognition framework. The first stage is a braille dot detection algorithm based on Gaussian diffusion, targeting Gaussian heatmaps generated by the convex dots in braille images. This is applied to the detection of convex dots in double-sided braille, achieving high accuracy in determining the central coordinates of the braille convex dots. The… More >

Sharaf J. Malebary^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 1301-1317, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.047917

Abstract Brain tumors are a pressing public health concern, characterized by their high mortality and morbidity rates. Nevertheless, the manual segmentation of brain tumors remains a laborious and error-prone task, necessitating the development of more precise and efficient methodologies. To address this formidable challenge, we propose an advanced approach for segmenting brain tumor Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images that harnesses the formidable capabilities of deep learning and convolutional neural networks (CNNs). While CNN-based methods have displayed promise in the realm of brain tumor segmentation, the intricate nature of these tumors, marked by irregular shapes, varying sizes, uneven distribution, and limited available… More >

Chengzhang Zhu^1,2, Renmao Zhang¹, Yalong Xiao^1,2,*, Beiji Zou¹, Xian Chai¹, Zhangzheng Yang¹, Rong Hu³, Xuanchu Duan⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.1, pp. 1103-1128, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.048453

Abstract Automatic segmentation of medical images provides a reliable scientific basis for disease diagnosis and analysis. Notably, most existing methods that combine the strengths of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and Transformers have made significant progress. However, there are some limitations in the current integration of CNN and Transformer technology in two key aspects. Firstly, most methods either overlook or fail to fully incorporate the complementary nature between local and global features. Secondly, the significance of integrating the multi-scale encoder features from the dual-branch network to enhance the decoding features is often disregarded in methods that combine CNN and Transformer. To address… More >

Bo Liu^1,2, Li Feng^1,*, Yufeng Chen³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.1, pp. 845-862, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.047695

Abstract This paper focuses on the effective utilization of data augmentation techniques for 3D lidar point clouds to enhance the performance of neural network models. These point clouds, which represent spatial information through a collection of 3D coordinates, have found wide-ranging applications. Data augmentation has emerged as a potent solution to the challenges posed by limited labeled data and the need to enhance model generalization capabilities. Much of the existing research is devoted to crafting novel data augmentation methods specifically for 3D lidar point clouds. However, there has been a lack of focus on making the most of the numerous existing… More >

Umar Rashid^1,2,*, Arfan Jaffar^1,2, Muhammad Rashid³, Mohammed S. Alshuhri⁴, Sheeraz Akram^1,4,5

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.3, pp. 3377-3390, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.046320

Abstract Pulmonary nodules are small, round, or oval-shaped growths on the lungs. They can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). The size of a nodule can range from a few millimeters to a few centimeters in diameter. Nodules may be found during a chest X-ray or other imaging test for an unrelated health problem. In the proposed methodology pulmonary nodules can be classified into three stages. Firstly, a 2D histogram thresholding technique is used to identify volume segmentation. An ant colony optimization algorithm is used to determine the optimal threshold value. Secondly, geometrical features such as lines, arcs, extended arcs, and… More >

Umer Sadiq Khan^1,2,*, Zhen Liu^1,2,*, Fang Xu^1,2, Muhib Ullah Khan^3,4, Lerui Chen⁵, Touseef Ahmed Khan^4,6, Muhammad Kashif Khattak⁷, Yuquan Zhang⁸

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.3, pp. 3323-3348, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.046094

Abstract Image classification and unsupervised image segmentation can be achieved using the Gaussian mixture model. Although the Gaussian mixture model enhances the flexibility of image segmentation, it does not reflect spatial information and is sensitive to the segmentation parameter. In this study, we first present an efficient algorithm that incorporates spatial information into the Gaussian mixture model (GMM) without parameter estimation. The proposed model highlights the residual region with considerable information and constructs color saliency. Second, we incorporate the content-based color saliency as spatial information in the Gaussian mixture model. The segmentation is performed by clustering each pixel into an appropriate… More >

Shoukun Xu¹, Lujun Zhang¹, Guangqi Jiang¹, Yining Hua², Yi Liu^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.3, pp. 3021-3039, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.045853

Abstract This paper focuses on the task of few-shot 3D point cloud semantic segmentation. Despite some progress, this task still encounters many issues due to the insufficient samples given, e.g., incomplete object segmentation and inaccurate semantic discrimination. To tackle these issues, we first leverage part-whole relationships into the task of 3D point cloud semantic segmentation to capture semantic integrity, which is empowered by the dynamic capsule routing with the module of 3D Capsule Networks (CapsNets) in the embedding network. Concretely, the dynamic routing amalgamates geometric information of the 3D point cloud data to construct higher-level feature representations, which capture the relationships… More >