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This paper proposes a new control framework for manipulating soft objects. A Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) approach is used to make the shape of a deformable object reach a set of desired points by controlling a robotic arm which…

Diffusion models have recently demonstrated exceptional performance in image generation task. However, existing image generation methods still significantly suffer from the dilemma of image reasoning, especially in logic-centered image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Jiadong Pan , Zhiyuan Ma , Kaiyan Zhang , Ning Ding , Bowen Zhou

Reinforcement learning (RL) has improved guided image generation with diffusion models by directly optimizing rewards that capture image quality, aesthetics, and instruction following capabilities. However, the resulting generative policies…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Owen Oertell , Jonathan D. Chang , Yiyi Zhang , Kianté Brantley , Wen Sun

The standard approach to tackling computer vision problems is to train deep convolutional neural network (CNN) models using large-scale image datasets which are representative of the target task. However, in many scenarios, it is often…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Alhassan Mumuni , Fuseini Mumuni , Nana Kobina Gerrar

The capabilities of super-resolution reconstruction (SRR)---techniques for enhancing image spatial resolution---have been recently improved significantly by the use of deep convolutional neural networks. Commonly, such networks are learned…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Michal Kawulok , Szymon Piechaczek , Krzysztof Hrynczenko , Pawel Benecki , Daniel Kostrzewa , Jakub Nalepa

Image reconstruction from undersampled k-space data has been playing an important role for fast MRI. Recently, deep learning has demonstrated tremendous success in various fields and also shown potential to significantly speed up MR…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-30 Dong Liang , Jing Cheng , Ziwen Ke , Leslie Ying

One impressive advantage of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) is their ability to automatically learn feature representation from raw pixels, eliminating the need for hand-designed procedures. However, recent methods for single image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-07-27 Yifan Wang , Lijun Wang , Hongyu Wang , Peihua Li

Computed Tomography (CT) is widely used in healthcare for detailed imaging. However, Low-dose CT, despite reducing radiation exposure, often results in images with compromised quality due to increased noise. Traditional methods, including…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-17 Herman Verinaz-Jadan , Su Yan

Computed Tomography (CT) is a non-invasive imaging modality with applications ranging from healthcare to security. It reconstructs cross-sectional images of an object using a collection of projection data collected at different angles.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-04 Muhammad Usman Ghani , W. Clem Karl

This paper tackles a new problem setting: reinforcement learning with pixel-wise rewards (pixelRL) for image processing. After the introduction of the deep Q-network, deep RL has been achieving great success. However, the applications of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-14 Ryosuke Furuta , Naoto Inoue , Toshihiko Yamasaki

Segmenting anatomical structures in medical images has been successfully addressed with deep learning methods for a range of applications. However, this success is heavily dependent on the quality of the image that is being segmented. A…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-06 Ilkay Oksuz , James R. Clough , Bram Ruijsink , Esther Puyol Anton , Aurelien Bustin , Gastao Cruz , Claudia Prieto , Andrew P. King , Julia A. Schnabel

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized medical imaging, providing a non-invasive and highly detailed look into the human body. However, the long acquisition times of MRI present challenges, causing patient discomfort, motion…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Mojtaba Safari , Zach Eidex , Chih-Wei Chang , Richard L. J. Qiu , Xiaofeng Yang

While functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) offers valuable insights into cognitive processes, its inherent spatial limitations pose challenges for detailed analysis of the fine-grained functional architecture of the brain. More…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Fernando Pérez-Bueno , Hongwei Bran Li , Matthew S. Rosen , Shahin Nasr , Cesar Caballero-Gaudes , Juan Eugenio Iglesias

Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL) has demonstrated success in solving complex sequential decision-making problems by integrating neural networks with the RL framework. However, training deep RL models poses several challenges, such as the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Sooraj Sathish , Keshav Goyal , Raghuram Bharadwaj Diddigi

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) provides a promising way for learning navigation in complex autonomous driving scenarios. However, identifying the subtle cues that can indicate drastically different outcomes remains an open problem with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-25 Xiaobai Ma , Jiachen Li , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , David Isele , Kikuo Fujimura

Spatial Transformer Networks (STN) can generate geometric transformations which modify input images to improve the classifier's performance. In this work, we combine the idea of STN with Reinforcement Learning (RL). To this end, we break…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Fatemeh Azimi , Federico Raue , Joern Hees , Andreas Dengel

Fast and accurate reconstruction of magnetic resonance (MR) images from under-sampled data is important in many clinical applications. In recent years, deep learning-based methods have been shown to produce superior performance on MR image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-12 Pengfei Guo , Puyang Wang , Jinyuan Zhou , Shanshan Jiang , Vishal M. Patel

An approach to incorporate deep learning within an iterative image reconstruction framework to reconstruct images from severely incomplete measurement data is presented. Specifically, we utilize a convolutional neural network (CNN) as a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Brendan Kelly , Thomas P. Matthews , Mark A. Anastasio

Most existing Image-to-Image Translation (I2IT) methods generate images in a single run of a deep learning (DL) model. However, designing such a single-step model is always challenging, requiring a huge number of parameters and easily…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Jing Hu , Ziwei Luo , Chengming Feng , Shu Hu , Bin Zhu , Xi Wu , Xin Li , Hongtu Zhu , Siwei Lyu , Xin Wang

Reconstruction of CT images from a limited set of projections through an object is important in several applications ranging from medical imaging to industrial settings. As the number of available projections decreases, traditional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Anish Lahiri , Marc Klasky , Jeffrey A. Fessler , Saiprasad Ravishankar