Enhancing Ensemble Learning Using Explainable CNN for Spoof Fingerprints.

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have demonstrated remarkable success with great accuracy in classification problems. However, the lack of interpretability of the predictions made by neural networks has raised concerns about the reliability and robustness of CNN-based systems that use a limited amount of training data. In such cases, the utilization of ensemble learning using multiple CNNs has demonstrated the capability to improve the robustness of a network, but the robustness can often have a trade-off with accuracy.

Semi-supervised atmospheric component learning in low-light image problem.

Ambient lighting conditions play a crucial role in determining the perceptual quality of images from photographic devices. In general, inadequate transmission light and undesired atmospheric conditions jointly degrade the image quality. If we know the desired ambient factors associated with the given low-light image, we can recover the enhanced image easily.

Denoising Single Images by Feature Ensemble Revisited.

Image denoising is still a challenging issue in many computer vision subdomains. Recent studies have shown that significant improvements are possible in a supervised setting. However, a few challenges, such as spatial fidelity and cartoon-like smoothing, remain unresolved or decisively overlooked.

Rethinking Gradient Weight's Influence over Saliency Map Estimation.

Class activation map (CAM) helps to formulate saliency maps that aid in interpreting the deep neural network's prediction. Gradient-based methods are generally faster than other branches of vision interpretability and independent of human guidance. The performance of CAM-like studies depends on the governing model's layer response and the influences of the gradients.

Ensemble of ROI-based convolutional neural network classifiers for staging the Alzheimer disease spectrum from magnetic resonance imaging.

Patches from three orthogonal views of selected cerebral regions can be utilized to learn convolutional neural network (CNN) models for staging the Alzheimer disease (AD) spectrum including preclinical AD, mild cognitive impairment due to AD, and dementia due to AD and normal controls. Hippocampi, amygdalae and insulae were selected from the volumetric analysis of structured magnetic resonance images (MRIs). Three-view patches (TVPs) from these regions were fed to the CNN for training.

Fast Single-Image HDR Tone-Mapping by Avoiding Base Layer Extraction.

The tone-mapping algorithm compresses the high dynamic range (HDR) information into the standard dynamic range for regular devices. An ideal tone-mapping algorithm reproduces the HDR image without losing any vital information. The usual tone-mapping algorithms mostly deal with detail layer enhancement and gradient-domain manipulation with the help of a smoothing operator.

Automatic aortic valve landmark localization in coronary CT angiography using colonial walk.

The minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the most prevalent method to treat aortic valve stenosis. For pre-operative surgical planning, contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is used as the imaging technique to acquire 3-D measurements of the valve. Accurate localization of the eight aortic valve landmarks in CT images plays a vital role in the TAVI workflow because a small error risks blocking the coronary circulation.

Geodesic Distance Algorithm for Extracting the Ascending Aorta from 3D CT Images.

This paper presents a method for the automatic 3D segmentation of the ascending aorta from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). The segmentation is performed in three steps. First, the initial seed points are selected by minimizing a newly proposed energy function across the Hough circles.

A Novel Cascade Classifier for Automatic Microcalcification Detection.

In this paper, we present a novel cascaded classification framework for automatic detection of individual and clusters of microcalcifications (μC). Our framework comprises three classification stages: i) a random forest (RF) classifier for simple features capturing the second order local structure of individual μCs, where non-μC pixels in the target mammogram are efficiently eliminated; ii) a more complex discriminative restricted Boltzmann machine (DRBM) classifier for μC candidates determined in the RF stage, which automatically learns the detailed morphology of μC appearances for improved discriminative power; and iii) a detector to detect clusters of μCs from the individual μC detection results, using two different criteria. From the two-stage RF-DRBM classifier, we are able to distinguish μCs using explicitly computed features, as well as learn implicit features that are able to further discriminate between confusing cases.

Forest Walk Methods for Localizing Body Joints from Single Depth Image.

We present multiple random forest methods for human pose estimation from single depth images that can operate in very high frame rate. We introduce four algorithms: random forest walk, greedy forest walk, random forest jumps, and greedy forest jumps. The proposed approaches can accurately infer the 3D positions of body joints without additional information such as temporal prior.