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Synthetic dataset generation in Computer Vision, particularly for industrial applications, is still underexplored. Industrial defect segmentation, for instance, requires highly accurate labels, yet acquiring such data is costly and…

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This paper introduces a methodology for generating synthetic annotated data to address data scarcity in semantic segmentation tasks within the precision agriculture domain. Utilizing Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPMs) and…

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Semantic segmentation using convolutional neural networks (CNN) is a crucial component in image analysis. Training a CNN to perform semantic segmentation requires a large amount of labeled data, where the production of such labeled data is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Ying Chen , Xu Ouyang , Kaiyue Zhu , Gady Agam

Recently, increasing attention has been drawn to training semantic segmentation models using synthetic data and computer-generated annotation. However, domain gap remains a major barrier and prevents models learned from synthetic data from…

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One of the main challenges in current research on segmentation in cardiac ultrasound is the lack of large and varied labeled datasets and the differences in annotation conventions between datasets. This makes it difficult to design robust…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-28 Gilles Van De Vyver , Aksel Try Lenz , Erik Smistad , Sindre Hellum Olaisen , Bjørnar Grenne , Espen Holte , Håavard Dalen , Lasse Løvstakken

Accurate and comprehensive clinical documentation is crucial for delivering high-quality healthcare, facilitating effective communication among providers, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. However, manual transcription…

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Semantic segmentation networks require large amounts of pixel-level annotated data, which are costly to obtain for real-world images. Computer graphics engines can generate synthetic images alongside their ground-truth annotations. However,…

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In the medical field, the limited availability of large-scale datasets and labor-intensive annotation processes hinder the performance of deep models. Diffusion-based generative augmentation approaches present a promising solution to this…

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Urban forests play a key role in enhancing environmental quality and supporting biodiversity in cities. Mapping and monitoring these green spaces are crucial for urban planning and conservation, yet accurately detecting trees is challenging…

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Data mixing augmentation has proved effective in training deep models. Recent methods mix labels mainly based on the mixture proportion of image pixels. As the main discriminative information of a fine-grained image usually resides in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-10 Shaoli Huang , Xinchao Wang , Dacheng Tao

Driven by rapid advances in large-scale generative models, synthetic data has emerged as a promising solution for visual understanding. While modern diffusion models achieve remarkable photorealistic image synthesis, their potential in…

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Synthetic data generation is an important application of machine learning in the field of medical imaging. While existing approaches have successfully applied fine-tuned diffusion models for synthesizing medical images, we explore potential…

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Recent advancements in image mixing and generative data augmentation have shown promise in enhancing image classification. However, these techniques face the challenge of balancing semantic fidelity with diversity. Specifically, image…

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With promising empirical performance across a wide range of applications, synthetic data augmentation appears a viable solution to data scarcity and the demands of increasingly data-intensive models. Its effectiveness lies in expanding the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Zixuan Wu , So Won Jeong , Yating Liu , Yeo Jin Jung , Claire Donnat

An effective perception system is a fundamental component for farming robots, as it enables them to properly perceive the surrounding environment and to carry out targeted operations. The most recent methods make use of state-of-the-art…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Mulham Fawakherji , Ciro Potena , Alberto Pretto , Domenico D. Bloisi , Daniele Nardi

This technical report outlines our method for generating a synthetic dataset for semantic segmentation using a latent diffusion model. Our approach eliminates the need for additional models specifically trained on segmentation data and is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-26 Felix Stillger , Frederik Hasecke , Tobias Meisen

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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Camillo Quattrocchi , Daniele Di Mauro , Antonino Furnari , Giovanni Maria Farinella

Data augmentation is an effective and universal technique for improving generalization performance of deep neural networks. It could enrich diversity of training samples that is essential in medical image segmentation tasks because 1) the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-29 Ju Xu , Mengzhang Li , Zhanxing Zhu

Recently, a number of image-mixing-based augmentation techniques have been introduced to improve the generalization of deep neural networks. In these techniques, two or more randomly selected natural images are mixed together to generate an…

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