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We propose a CNN based technique that aggregates feature maps from its multiple layers that can localize abnormalities with greater details as well as predict pathology under consideration. Existing class activation mapping (CAM) techniques…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Sumeet Shinde , Tanay Chougule , Jitender Saini , Madhura Ingalhalikar

Recently, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with large size kernels have attracted much attention in the computer vision field, following the success of the Vision Transformers. Large kernel CNNs have been reported to perform well in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Shunsuke Yasuki , Masato Taki

Visual explanation maps enhance the trustworthiness of decisions made by deep learning models and offer valuable guidance for developing new algorithms in image recognition tasks. Class activation maps (CAM) and their variants (e.g.,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Yi Liao , Ugochukwu Ejike Akpudo , Jue Zhang , Yongsheng Gao , Jun Zhou , Wenyi Zeng , Weichuan Zhang

Accurate segmentation of the fetal brain from Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) is important for prenatal assessment of fetal development. Although deep learning has shown the potential to achieve this task, it requires a large fine annotated…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Jia Fu , Tao Lu , Shaoting Zhang , Guotai Wang

Existing studies in weakly supervised semantic segmentation (WSSS) have utilized class activation maps (CAMs) to localize the class objects. However, since a classification loss is insufficient for providing precise object regions, CAMs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Sung-Hoon Yoon , Hyeokjun Kweon , Jaeseok Jeong , Hyeonseong Kim , Shinjeong Kim , Kuk-Jin Yoon

Recently, the explanation of neural network models has garnered considerable research attention. In computer vision, CAM (Class Activation Map)-based methods and LRP (Layer-wise Relevance Propagation) method are two common explanation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Changqing Qiu , Fusheng Jin , Yining Zhang

As the request for deep learning solutions increases, the need for explainability is even more fundamental. In this setting, particular attention has been given to visualization techniques, that try to attribute the right relevance to each…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-22 Samuele Poppi , Marcella Cornia , Lorenzo Baraldi , Rita Cucchiara

Class activation map (CAM) has been widely used to highlight image regions that contribute to class predictions. Despite its simplicity and computational efficiency, CAM often struggles to identify discriminative regions that distinguish…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Ziheng Zhang , Jianyang Gu , Arpita Chowdhury , Zheda Mai , David Carlyn , Tanya Berger-Wolf , Yu Su , Wei-Lun Chao

The backbone of traditional CNN classifier is generally considered as a feature extractor, followed by a linear layer which performs the classification. We propose a novel loss function, termed as CAM-loss, to constrain the embedded feature…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Chaofei Wang , Jiayu Xiao , Yizeng Han , Qisen Yang , Shiji Song , Gao Huang

Weakly-supervised object localization (WSOL) has gained popularity over the last years for its promise to train localization models with only image-level labels. Since the seminal WSOL work of class activation mapping (CAM), the field has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-08 Junsuk Choe , Seong Joon Oh , Sanghyuk Chun , Seungho Lee , Zeynep Akata , Hyunjung Shim

While class activation map (CAM) generated by image classification network has been widely used for weakly supervised object localization (WSOL) and semantic segmentation (WSSS), such classifiers usually focus on discriminative object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-23 Jinheng Xie , Jianfeng Xiang , Junliang Chen , Xianxu Hou , Xiaodong Zhao , Linlin Shen

As deep learning continues to advance, the transparency of neural network decision-making remains a critical challenge, limiting trust and applicability in high-stakes domains. Class Activation Mapping (CAM) techniques have emerged as a key…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Hongjie He , Xu Pan , Yudong Yao

Weakly Supervised Object Localization (WSOL) methods generate both classification and localization results by learning from only image category labels. Previous methods usually utilize class activation map (CAM) to obtain target object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-14 Ziyi Kou , Guofeng Cui , Shaojie Wang , Wentian Zhao , Chenliang Xu

Weakly-supervised object localization (WSOL) has gained popularity over the last years for its promise to train localization models with only image-level labels. Since the seminal WSOL work of class activation mapping (CAM), the field has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-02 Junsuk Choe , Seong Joon Oh , Seungho Lee , Sanghyuk Chun , Zeynep Akata , Hyunjung Shim

Classification networks can be used to localize and segment objects in images by means of class activation maps (CAMs). However, without pixel-level annotations, classification networks are known to (1) mainly focus on discriminative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Arvi Jonnarth , Michael Felsberg

Weakly Supervised Object Localization (WSOL), which aims to localize objects by only using image-level labels, has attracted much attention because of its low annotation cost in real applications. Current studies focus on the Class…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Xi Yang , Songsong Duan , Nannan Wang , Xinbo Gao

CNN visualization and interpretation methods, like class-activation maps (CAMs), are typically used to highlight the image regions linked to class predictions. These models allow to simultaneously classify images and extract class-dependent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Soufiane Belharbi , Ismail Ben Ayed , Luke McCaffrey , Eric Granger

Contemporary weakly-supervised object localization (WSOL) methods have primarily focused on addressing the challenge of localizing the most discriminative region while largely overlooking the relatively less explored issue of biased…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Feifei Shao , Yawei Luo , Lei Chen , Ping Liu , Wei Yang , Yi Yang , Jun Xiao

Weakly supervised object localization (WSOL) aims to localize objects by only utilizing image-level labels. Class activation maps (CAMs) are the commonly used features to achieve WSOL. However, previous CAM-based methods did not take full…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Jun Wei , Qin Wang , Zhen Li , Sheng Wang , S. Kevin Zhou , Shuguang Cui

We present a two-stage learning framework for weakly supervised object localization (WSOL). While most previous efforts rely on high-level feature based CAMs (Class Activation Maps), this paper proposes to localize objects using the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Jinheng Xie , Cheng Luo , Xiangping Zhu , Ziqi Jin , Weizeng Lu , Linlin Shen