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Visual saliency prediction using transformers - Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have significantly advanced computational modelling for saliency prediction. However, accurately simulating the mechanisms of visual attention in the human…

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Developing a robust algorithm to diagnose and quantify the severity of COVID-19 using Chest X-ray (CXR) requires a large number of well-curated COVID-19 datasets, which is difficult to collect under the global COVID-19 pandemic. On the…

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This research addresses the challenges of diagnosing chest X-rays (CXRs) at low resolutions, a common limitation in resource-constrained healthcare settings. High-resolution CXR imaging is crucial for identifying small but critical…

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