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Deep learning-based methods have achieved a breakthrough in image anomaly detection, but their complexity introduces a considerable challenge to understanding why an instance is predicted to be anomalous. We introduce a novel explanation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Philipp Liznerski , Saurabh Varshneya , Ece Calikus , Puyu Wang , Alexander Bartscher , Sebastian Josef Vollmer , Sophie Fellenz , Marius Kloft

Anomaly detection aims to detect data that do not conform to regular patterns, and such data is also called outliers. The anomalies to be detected are often tiny in proportion, containing crucial information, and are suitable for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Fan Xu , Nan Wang , Xibin Zhao

Modern astronomy relies on massive databases collected by robotic telescopes and digital sky surveys, acquiring data in a much faster pace than what manual analysis can support. Among other data, these sky surveys collect information about…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-29 Evan Kuminski , Lior Shamir

Astronomical archives contain vast quantities of unexplored data that potentially harbour rare and scientifically valuable cosmic phenomena. We leverage new semi-supervised methods to extract such objects from the Hubble Legacy Archive. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 David O'Ryan , Pablo Gómez

Anomaly detection refers to the task of finding unusual instances that stand out from the normal data. In several applications, these outliers or anomalous instances are of greater interest compared to the normal ones. Specifically in the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-14 Manpreet Singh Minhas , John Zelek

The Dark Energy Survey is able to collect image data of an extremely large number of extragalactic objects, and it can be reasonably assumed that many unusual objects of high scientific interest are hidden inside these data. Due to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-04 Lior Shamir

Anomaly detection in large datasets is essential in astronomy and computer vision. However, due to a scarcity of labelled data, it is often infeasible to apply supervised methods to anomaly detection. We present AnomalyMatch, an anomaly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Pablo Gómez , Laslo E. Ruhberg , Maria Teresa Nardone , David O'Ryan

Reliably detecting anomalies in a given set of images is a task of high practical relevance for visual quality inspection, surveillance, or medical image analysis. Autoencoder neural networks learn to reconstruct normal images, and hence…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-01-21 Laura Beggel , Michael Pfeiffer , Bernd Bischl

Anomaly detection is a challenging task, particularly in systems with many variables. Anomalies are outliers that statistically differ from the analyzed data and can arise from rare events, malfunctions, or system misuse. This study…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Kleyton da Costa

Detection of anomalies among a large number of processes is a fundamental task that has been studied in multiple research areas, with diverse applications spanning from spectrum access to cyber-security. Anomalous events are characterized…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Benjamin Wolff , Tomer Gafni , Guy Revach , Nir Shlezinger , Kobi Cohen

Astronomical images are of crucial importance for astronomers since they contain a lot of information about celestial bodies that can not be directly accessible. Most of the information available for the analysis of these objects starts…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-10 Silvia Tozza , Maurizio Falcone

We consider the problem of detecting, in the visual sensing data stream of an autonomous mobile robot, semantic patterns that are unusual (i.e., anomalous) with respect to the robot's previous experience in similar environments. These…

The inability of state-of-the-art semantic segmentation methods to detect anomaly instances hinders them from being deployed in safety-critical and complex applications, such as autonomous driving. Recent approaches have focused on either…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Giancarlo Di Biase , Hermann Blum , Roland Siegwart , Cesar Cadena

The Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) large-area radio continuum survey will detect tens of millions of radio galaxies, giving an opportunity for the detection of previously unknown classes of objects. To maximise the scientific value…

In this paper, we present a novel approach to the estimation of strongly varying backgrounds in astronomical images by means of small objects removal and subsequent missing pixels interpolation. The method is based on the analysis of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-10 Adam Popowicz , Bogdan Smolka

Quality inspection applications in industry are required to move towards a zero-defect manufacturing scenario, withnon-destructive inspection and traceability of 100 % of produced parts. Developing robust fault detection and classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-08 Julen Balzategui , Luka Eciolaza , Daniel Maestro-Watson

Anomaly detection and localization in medical images is a challenging task, especially when the anomaly exhibits a change of existing structures, e.g., brain atrophy or changes in the pleural space due to pleural effusions. In this work, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-29 Julia Wolleb , Robin Sandkühler , Philippe C. Cattin

The impulsive noise in astronomical images originates from various sources. It develops as a result of thermal generation in pixels, collision of cosmic rays with image sensor or may be induced by high readout voltage in Electron…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-28 A. Popowicz , A. R. Kurek , T. Blachowicz , V. Orlov , B. Smolka

In the fields of statistics and unsupervised machine learning a fundamental and well-studied problem is anomaly detection. Anomalies are difficult to define, yet many algorithms have been proposed. Underlying the approaches is the nebulous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-16 Nassir Mohammad

We study several methods for detecting anomalies in color images, constructed on patch-based auto-encoders. Wecompare the performance of three types of methods based, first, on the error between the original image and its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-07 Nicolas Pinon , Robin Trombetta , Carole Lartizien