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48 results for shape descriptors

Informative and discriminative feature descriptors play a fundamental role in deformable shape analysis. For example, they have been successfully employed in correspondence, registration, and retrieval tasks. In the recent years, significant attention has been devoted to descriptors obtained from the spectral decomposi…

2011-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

New method learns shape correspondences robustly from raw geometry.

problem Inaccurate and poor generalization of shape correspondences.
method Learning-based approach with feature-extraction network and functional map representation.
result Robust and accurate shape correspondence learning with less training data.

3D Adversarial Autoencoder learns compact binary descriptors from 3D point clouds.

problem Learning meaningful representations of 3D shapes for various tasks.
method End-to-end Adversarial Autoencoder model trained on 3D input and output.
result 3D Adversarial Autoencoder (3dAAE) generates state-of-the-art results for 3D points clustering and retrieval.

Study characterizes bladder motion using dynamic MRI and statistical analysis.

problem Limited volume coverage in dynamic MRI sequences hinders 3D shape reconstruction.
method 3D dense velocity measurements, LDDMM framework, statistical characterization, mean curvature changes, surface deformation analysis.
result Stable shape descriptor for characterizing bladder surface dynamics.

Wide and deep neural network predicts Alzheimer's progression from shape and clinical data.

problem Predicting Alzheimer's disease progression from shape and clinical data.
method Fused anatomical shape and tabular clinical data in a neural network, employing survival analysis loss.
result The model outperforms shape and clinical models individually.

Paper proposes MMC to avoid high-density bias in clustering.

problem High-density bias in density-based clustering.
method Introduces mass distribution as a better foundation for clustering, proposing mass-maximization clustering (MMC).
result MMC avoids high-density bias and discovers clusters of arbitrary shapes, sizes, and densities.

The paper introduces a new method to measure the shape relations between biological objects using r-parallel sets.

problem The influence of neighboring objects on the shape and function of biological objects.
method The authors develop a theory based on spatial point processes to measure the geometrical interaction between objects.
result The proposed measures provide detailed information about the shape of individual objects and their interactions.

PTOPOFL uses topological descriptors to protect privacy in federated learning.

problem Privacy and data reconstruction attacks in federated learning.
method PTOPOFL replaces gradient communication with persistent homology feature vectors for privacy and topology-guided aggregation.
result PTOPOFL achieves higher AUC and reduces reconstruction risk compared to gradient sharing.

Complex functional maps link tangent bundles, preserving orientation and angles.

problem Linking tangent bundles for orientation-aware correspondence.
method Endow tangent bundles with complex structures to enable robust transfer of tangent vector fields.
result Establishes orientation-aware correspondence without relying on descriptors or extra regularization.

Optimizes atomic descriptors to reduce redundancy and improve machine learning models.

problem Redundant descriptors in atomistic machine learning models increase computational burden and limit model expressivity.
method Employing techniques from pattern recognition, we refine and augment existing atomistic representations to produce optimal sets of descriptors.
result New architectures recognize up to 5-body patterns with low computational cost and high accuracy.

A new method interprets astrophysical spectra using geometric paths to distinguish line profiles.

problem Tackling the indistinguishability of spectral line profiles under scalar summaries.
method Introduces a geometric representation of line profiles using rough path theory, mapping profiles to a common velocity grid and defining descriptors from path properties.
result Compact descriptors separate morphologies with similar scalar summaries, revealing ordered line structures.

This work characterizes topological descriptors of graph products and their expressive power.

problem Capturing multiscale structural information in graph products using topological descriptors.
method Analysis of various filtrations on graph products, including Euler characteristic and persistent homology.
result Persistent homology of graph products contains more information than individual graphs.

Paper proposes CNN with SIFT for rotation invariant feature extraction.

problem Max-pooling layer discards rotational information, leading to rotation invariance issues.
method Uses SIFT descriptor to capture orientation and spatial relationships.
result Improves feature extraction on MNIST and fashionMNIST datasets.

Classifies spherical objects filled with water or air using acoustic echoes and Form Function.

problem Automatic recognition of spherical objects based on acoustic echoes.
method Form Function analysis of wideband sonar data, fed into a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) classifier.
result Performance of the MLP classifier compared to SVM, highlighting the effectiveness of Form Function.

Robustly computes intrinsic coordinates on point clouds using resampling and averaging.

problem Computing intrinsic coordinates on noisy or outlier-prone point clouds.
method Subsample data, vary hyperparameters, cluster candidate embeddings, identify representative embeddings, and average them using Procrustes analysis.
result Robust to noise and outliers, validated on synthetic and real data.

Although the recent progress in the deep neural network has led to the development of learnable local feature descriptors, there is no explicit answer for estimation of the necessary size of a neural network. Specifically, the local feature is represented in a low dimensional space, so the neural network should have mo…

2017-06-16abs ↗pdf ↗

ALP outperforms other data descriptors in one-class classification.

problem Challenges in one-class classification using data descriptors.
method Determined optimal default hyperparameters for data descriptors, proposed ALP, evaluated using leave-one-dataset-out procedure.
result ALP outperforms other data descriptors, including IF and SVM.

Wittgenstein's Rule Following evolves datasets by extrapolating structural descriptors.

problem Generating meaningful continuations of evolving datasets.
method Wittgenstein's Rule Following (WRF) uses structural descriptors to extrapolate trajectories and average historical descriptors.
result WRF can generate meaningful continuations of evolving datasets.

Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are powerful learners that have led to state-of-the-art results in various computer vision problems. SVMs suffer from various drawbacks in terms of selecting the right kernel, which depends on the image descriptors, as well as computational and memory efficiency. This paper introduces a n…

2013-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel method uses image descriptors to harmonize MRI brain volumes across centers.

problem Inconsistencies in MRI brain volume measurements across different centers and scanners.
method Trained a Relevance Vector Machine (RVM) model using image descriptors to harmonize brain volumes.
result Decreases scanner and center variability while preserving measurements for longitudinal studies.

PolyGraph Discrepancy improves graph generative model evaluation.

problem Inability of existing metrics to provide an absolute performance measure and comparability across different graph descriptors.
method Approximates Jensen-Shannon distance using binary classifiers trained to distinguish between real and generated graphs.
result PGD provides a more robust and insightful evaluation compared to MMD metrics.

Method separates target signal properties from noisy mixtures.

problem Signal recovery from noisy mixtures with specific statistical properties.
method Statistical component separation method using noise samples and matching statistics.
result Method outperforms standard denoising methods in recovering target signal properties.

Z-GCNETs uses topological data to improve time series forecasting.

problem Improving time series forecasting accuracy.
method Integrates topological data into graph convolutional networks (GCNs) using zigzag persistence.
result Z-GCNETs outperforms 13 state-of-the-art methods in traffic forecasting and Ethereum price prediction.

Paper introduces stable vectorization for multiparameter PH using signed barcodes.

problem Lack of stable vectorization methods for multiparameter persistent homology.
method Signed barcodes as measures for stable vectorization of MPH.
result Stable feature vectors from signed barcodes improve performance in data science.

Persistent homology provides a new, efficient molecular descriptor for protein dynamics.

problem Designing effective molecular descriptors for high-dimensional MD trajectories.
method Introduced masked Flood complex, a protein-tailored modification of simplicial complexes, for persistent homology.
result Persistent homology-based descriptors are competitive across protein dynamics tasks, including frame-level observable regression and MSM estimation.

DRAGON improves learning for rare classes in unbalanced datasets using class descriptions.

problem Learning rare classes in unbalanced datasets with deep models.
method DRAGON is a late-fusion architecture that corrects bias towards frequent classes and fuses class-descriptions to improve tail-class accuracy.
result DRAGON outperforms state-of-the-art models on new benchmarks for long-tail learning with class descriptors.

Covariance and histogram image descriptors provide an effective way to capture information about images. Both excel when used in combination with special purpose distance metrics. For covariance descriptors these metrics measure the distance along the non-Euclidean Riemannian manifold of symmetric positive definite mat…

2014-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework for interpreting ML models to reveal properties of real-world phenomena.

problem Lack of direct interpretability in modern ML models hinders scientific understanding.
method Developed 'property descriptors' grounded in statistical learning theory.
result Property descriptors can reveal relevant properties of joint probability distributions.

Time series forecasting models fail to consistently select the best model across different datasets.

problem Inconsistency in model selection for time series forecasting across varying data regimes.
method Characterized time series using descriptors like trend strength, seasonality, noise level, and temporal dependence. Developed a rule-based selection mechanism to map data regimes to candidate models.
result Rule-based model selection achieves low accuracy, with correct model identification occurring in only a small fraction of cases.