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In this paper, by using Strang's second-order splitting method, the numerical procedure for the three-dimensional (3D) space fractional Allen-Cahn equation can be divided into three steps. The first and third steps involve an ordinary…
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Graph-based machine learning has seen an increased interest over the last decade with many connections to other fields of applied mathematics. Learning based on partial differential equations, such as the phase-field Allen-Cahn equation,…
Fueled by many applications in random processes, imaging science, geophysics, etc., fractional Laplacians have recently received significant attention. The key driving force behind the success of this operator is its ability to capture…
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Rapid growth in the field of quantitative digital image analysis is paving the way for researchers to make precise measurements about objects in an image. To compute quantities from the image such as the density of compressed materials or…
We study the image retrieval problem at the wireless edge, where an edge device captures an image, which is then used to retrieve similar images from an edge server. These can be images of the same person or a vehicle taken from other…
In this paper, we describe an implementation of the two-phase image segmentation algorithm proposed by Goldstein, Bresson, Osher in \cite{gold:bre}. This algorithm partitions the domain of a given 2d image into foreground and background…
We propose an efficient end-to-end deep learning method for solving nonlocal Allen-Cahn (AC) and Cahn-Hilliard (CH) phase-field models. One motivation for this effort emanates from the fact that discretized partial differential…
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In order to completely separate objects with large sections of occluded boundaries in an image, we devise a new variational level set model for image segmentation combining the Chan-Vese model with elastica and landmark constraints. For…
This work uses a linear relaxation method to develop efficient numerical schemes for the time-fractional Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations. The L1+-CN formula is used to discretize the fractional derivative, and an auxiliary variable…
We introduce a deterministic approach to edge detection and image segmentation by formulating pseudo-Boolean polynomials on image patches. The approach works by applying a binary classification of blob and edge regions in an image based on…
This paper investigates a fully unsupervised statistical method for edge preserving image restoration and compression using a spatial decomposition scheme. Smoothed maximum likelihood is used for local estimation of edge pixels from mixture…
Used in the paper is an overcomplete piecewise-polynomial image model incorporating sparsity. The paper shows that using such a model, the edges in the image can be resolved robustly with respect to noise. Two variants of the proposed…
In this paper, we present a rigorous proof of the convergence of first order and second order exponential time differencing (ETD) schemes for solving the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard (NCH) equation. The spatial discretization employs the Fourier…
Using generative adversarial network (GAN)\cite{RN90} for data enhancement of medical images is significantly helpful for many computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tasks. A new attack called CT-GAN has emerged. It can inject or remove lung cancer…
We develop a new spatial semidiscrete multiscale method based upon the edge multiscale methods to solve semilinear parabolic problems with heterogeneous coefficients and smooth initial data. This method allows for a cheap spatial…