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48 results for image enhancement

Paper proposes a method to enhance low-quality retinal images using optimal transport.

problem Artifacts and imperfections in retinal images lead to diagnostic inaccuracies.
method Leveraging optimal transport theory, an unpaired image-to-image translation scheme is proposed.
result The method improves perceptually and quantitatively the quality of low-quality retinal images.

Enhances image quality to improve test-time adaptation accuracy.

problem Reducing accuracy loss due to distribution shift in deep networks.
method Integrates image enhancement with TTA methods to reduce prediction uncertainty.
result TECA method increases accuracy of TTA methods without hyperparameters.

OTRE uses OT to improve retinal images, outperforming existing methods.

problem Improving quality of non-mydriatic retinal images for accurate diagnoses.
method OT theory for image-to-image translation, regularization by enhancing.
result OTRE outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various retinal image tasks.

Enhanced rotation prediction improves SSL models by capturing both shape and texture information.

problem Rotation prediction misses texture information, limiting model performance.
method Introduces image enhanced rotation prediction (IE-Rot) that combines rotation and image enhancement tasks.
result IE-Rot models outperform Rotation on various benchmarks.

Adversarial examples are intentionally perturbed images that mislead classifiers. These images can, however, be easily detected using denoising algorithms, when high-frequency spatial perturbations are used, or can be noticed by humans, when perturbations are large. In this paper, we propose EdgeFool, an adversarial im…

2019-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances trading signals using image analysis and weighted moving averages.

problem Improving price trend trading strategies in financial markets.
method Image-induced importance weights applied to weighted moving averages of trading signals.
result Significant enhancement of price trend trading signals with improved portfolio selection.

Enhances neural networks' robustness against adversarial samples without sacrificing clean sample generalization.

problem Limited generalization and time complexity of adversarial training.
method Feature Pyramid Decoder (FPD) framework that integrates denoising and image restoration modules into CNNs and constrains the Lipschitz constant.
result FPD-enhanced CNNs achieve sufficient robustness against general adversarial samples on various datasets.

We present a novel approach to adjust global image properties such as colour, saturation, and luminance using human-interpretable image enhancement curves, inspired by the Photoshop curves tool. Our method, dubbed neural CURve Layers (CURL), is designed as a multi-colour space neural retouching block trained jointly in…

2019-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances image-to-image translation using adversarial latent space.

problem Image-to-image translation task in computer vision.
method Introduces an adversarial discriminator on the latent representation to enforce similar latent space distributions.
result Significantly outperforms competing approaches on MNIST and USPS domain adaptation tasks.

Self-supervised method enhances ultrasound images without needing clean targets.

problem Multiplicative speckle, acquisition blur, and scanner artifacts hamper ultrasound interpretation.
method Physics-guided degradation model trained on rotated/cropped patches with synthesized inputs.
result Achieves highest PSNR/SSIM across Gaussian and speckle noise levels, with significant improvements in heavy noise conditions.

Enhances uncertainty estimation in medical image segmentation.

problem Frequency-related noise in medical imaging leads to biased uncertainty estimates.
method Extends MC-Dropout to the frequency domain for better uncertainty estimation.
result MC-Frequency Dropout improves calibration and uncertainty in semantic segmentation.

Deep learning has brought an unprecedented progress in computer vision and significant advances have been made in predicting subjective properties inherent to visual data (e.g., memorability, aesthetic quality, evoked emotions, etc.). Recently, some research works have even proposed deep learning approaches to modify i…

2018-12-03abs ↗pdf ↗

CeCNN predicts SE and AL from UWF images, improving myopia screening.

problem Predicting axial length and spherical equivalence from UWF fundus images.
method Copula-enhanced Convolutional Neural Network (CeCNN) for multiresponse regression.
result CeCNN improves prediction of SE and AL compared to baseline CNNs.

Boomerang generates nonidentical images similar to input on image manifolds.

problem Generating nonidentical images similar to input on image manifolds.
method Adding noise to input image, moving closer to latent space, and mapping back through partial reverse diffusion.
result Boomerang generates nonidentical images similar to input on image manifolds.

Deep learning improves 3D microscopy resolution without matched target images.

problem Anisotropic resolution in volumetric fluorescence microscopy.
method Cycle-consistent generative adversarial network trained on unpaired 2D images.
result Enhanced axial resolution and restored details between imaging planes.

One of the main motivations for training high quality image generative models is their potential use as tools for image manipulation. Recently, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have been able to generate images of remarkable quality. Unfortunately, adversarially-trained unconditional generator networks have not b…

2019-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A 3-stage method enhances hyperspectral image classification accuracy.

problem Classifying detailed classes in hyperspectral images with limited labeled data.
method Uses Nested Sliding Window and PCA for spatial consistency, SVM for spectral estimation, and TV model for spatial smoothing.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms, especially in scenarios with small training sets.

Enhances few-shot image classification using unlabelled examples.

problem Few-shot image classification with limited labeled data.
method Transductive meta-learning combining soft k-means clustering and neural feature extractor.
result State-of-the-art performance on Meta-Dataset, mini-ImageNet, and tiered-ImageNet benchmarks.

This master thesis focuses on practical application of Convolutional Neural Network models on the task of road labeling with bike attractivity score. We start with an abstraction of real world locations into nodes and scored edges in partially annotated dataset. We enhance information available about each edge with pho…

2018-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Extended RDS filtering for positions and orientations, improving crossing structure enhancement and inpainting.

problem Enhancing and inpainting images with crossing structures.
method Extended RDS filtering to M2\mathbb{M}_2 space, using gauge frames to mitigate issues.
result RDS filtering outperforms existing techniques in denoising and inpainting images with crossing structures.

New polynomials defined for quandle structures, enhancing graph invariants.

problem Enhancing the counting invariant for spatial graphs and handlebody-links.
method Introducing quandle polynomials and G-family polynomials for quandles, defining enhancements for invariants.
result New enhancements of the G-family counting invariant for trivalent spatial graphs and handlebody-links.

DEUA detects diffusion-generated images by accounting for different types of uncertainty.

problem Detecting generated images with varying aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.
method DEUA framework using Laplace approximation for DEU estimation and asymmetric loss function.
result DEUA achieves state-of-the-art performance on large-scale benchmarks.

Acoustic scene classification is the task of identifying the scene from which the audio signal is recorded. Convolutional neural network (CNN) models are widely adopted with proven successes in acoustic scene classification. However, there is little insight on how an audio scene is perceived in CNN, as what have been d…

2019-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we consider biquandle colorings for knotoids in R2\mathbb{R}^2 or S2S^2 and we construct several coloring invariants for knotoids derived as enhancements of the biquandle counting invariant. We first enhance the biquandle counting invariant by using a matrix constructed by utilizing the orientation a kno…

2018-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

TSSC images enhance chaotic signal classification using ConvNets.

problem Classifying chaotic signals accurately and robustly.
method Triad State Space Construction (TSSC) for image encoding, Convolutional Neural Network (ConvNet) for classification.
result TSSC-ConvNet achieves high accuracy and robustness in chaotic signal classification.

Enhances nighttime vehicle detection using style transfer and augmentation.

problem Nighttime object detection challenges due to lack of lighting and glare.
method Day-to-night style transfer and labeling-free augmentation with CARLA synthetic data.
result Significant improvements in nighttime vehicle detection with YOLO11 model.

Efficiently generates high-resolution images with reduced sampling time using LEGO bricks.

problem Efficiently generating high-resolution images with reduced sampling time.
method Introduces LEGO bricks that integrate Local-feature Enrichment and Global-content Orchestration to create a test-time reconfigurable diffusion backbone.
result Significantly reduces sampling time compared to other methods.

Enhances image captioning with novel context combination methods.

problem Improving machine learning for image captioning with structured learning and meaningful interpretation.
method Combines Feature Distribution Composition (FDC), Multiple Role Representation Crossover (MRRC) attention layers, and language decoder.
result Significantly improved image captioning performance (35.3%) and established new standards.

We introduce a Bayesian defect detector to facilitate the defect detection on the motion blurred images on rough texture surfaces. To enhance the accuracy of Bayesian detection on removing non-defect pixels, we develop a class of reflected non-local prior distributions, which is constructed by using the mode of a distr…

2018-08-30abs ↗pdf ↗

SAD-DPSGD improves model performance on imbalanced medical datasets like HAM10000.

problem Data leakage and imbalanced distribution in medical image classification datasets.
method SAD-DPSGD uses a linear decaying mechanism for noise and clipping thresholds to enhance performance.
result SAD-DPSGD outperforms Auto-DPSGD on HAM10000, improving accuracy by 2.15%.

Enhances 2D face recognition with 3D features using active illumination.

problem Improving robustness of 2D face recognition to spoofing attacks and low-light conditions.
method Projecting a high spatial frequency pattern onto the face to recover 3D information and a 2D image simultaneously.
result Significantly boosts face recognition performance and dramatically improves robustness to spoofing attacks.

Congealing is a flexible nonparametric data-driven framework for the joint alignment of data. It has been successfully applied to the joint alignment of binary images of digits, binary images of object silhouettes, grayscale MRI images, color images of cars and faces, and 3D brain volumes. This research enhances congea…

2019-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗