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Linear equations play a pivotal role in many areas of science and engineering, making efficient solutions to linear systems highly desirable. The development of quantum algorithms for solving linear systems has been a significant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-20 Nhat A. Nghiem

Edge detection in images is the foundation of many complex tasks in computer graphics. Due to the feature loss caused by multi-layer convolution and pooling architectures, learning-based edge detection models often produce thick edges and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Qinghui Hong , Haoyou Jiang , Pingdan Xiao , Sichun Du , Tao Li

Classical machine learning often struggles with complex, high-dimensional data. Quantum machine learning offers a potential solution, promising more efficient processing. The quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN), a hybrid algorithm,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Hinako Asaoka , Kazue Kudo

Quantum image representation (QIR) is a key challenge in quantum image processing (QIP) due to the large number of pixels in images, which increases the need for quantum gates and qubits. However, current quantum systems face limitations in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-24 Shahab Iranmanesh , Hossein Aghababa , Kazim Fouladi

Boundary detection is essential for a variety of computer vision tasks such as segmentation and recognition. In this paper we propose a unified formulation and a novel algorithm that are applicable to the detection of different types of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-02-17 Marius Leordeanu , Rahul Sukthankar , Cristian Sminchisescu

Quantum embedding is a fundamental prerequisite for applying quantum machine learning techniques to classical data, and has substantial impacts on performance outcomes. In this study, we present Neural Quantum Embedding (NQE), a method that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-12 Tak Hur , Israel F. Araujo , Daniel K. Park

This paper introduces quantum edge detection, aimed at locating boundaries of quantum domains where all particles share the same pure state. Focusing on the 1D scenario of a string of particles, we develop an optimal protocol for quantum…

Quantum computing is expected to transform a range of computational tasks beyond the reach of classical algorithms. In this work, we examine the application of variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) for unsupervised image segmentation to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-29 Supreeth Mysore Venkatesh , Antonio Macaluso , Marlon Nuske , Matthias Klusch , Andreas Dengel

Numerical calculus algorithms which estimate derivatives and integrals from data series acquired either via measurements or by sampling functions are essential in scientific computing. To date, a few quantum algorithms have been developed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Jordan Cioni , Fabio Semperlotti

Quantum image processing is an emerging topic in the field of quantum information and technology. In this paper, we propose a new quantum image representation of RGB images, which is an improvement to all the existing representations in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-24 Sreetama Das , Filippo Caruso

We present a novel quantum algorithm for classification of images. The algorithm is constructed using principal component analysis and von Neuman quantum measurements. In order to apply the algorithm we present a new quantum representation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-24 Mateusz Ostaszewski , Przemysław Sadowski , Piotr Gawron

Detecting edges is a fundamental problem in computer vision with many applications, some involving very noisy images. While most edge detection methods are fast, they perform well only on relatively clean images. Indeed, edges in such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Nati Ofir , Meirav Galun , Boaz Nadler , Ronen Basri

We present Q-Seg, a novel unsupervised image segmentation method based on quantum annealing, tailored for existing quantum hardware. We formulate the pixel-wise segmentation problem, which assimilates spectral and spatial information of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Supreeth Mysore Venkatesh , Antonio Macaluso , Marlon Nuske , Matthias Klusch , Andreas Dengel

Quantum computers possess the potential to process data using a remarkably reduced number of qubits compared to conventional bits, as per theoretical foundations. However, recent experiments have indicated that the practical feasibility of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 Alexander Geng , Ali Moghiseh , Claudia Redenbach , Katja Schladitz

Cryptography plays an important role in ensuring data security and authentication within information processing systems. As the prevalence of digital imagery continues to grow, safeguarding this form of data becomes increasingly crucial.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-27 Rakesh Saini , Bikash K. Behera , Saif Al-Kuwari , Ahmed Farouk

Quantum algorithms are getting extremely popular due to their potential to significantly outperform classical algorithms. Yet, applying quantum algorithms to optimization problems meets challenges related to the efficiency of quantum…

The advent of Quantum Computing has influenced researchers around the world to solve multitudes of computational problems with the promising technology. Feasibility of solutions for computational problems, and representation of various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Mayukh Sarkar

In recent year, quantum image processing got a lot of attention in the field of image processing due to opportunity to place huge image data in quantum Hilbert space. Hilbert space or Euclidean space has infinite dimension to locate and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Md Ershadul Haque , Manoranjon Paul , Anwaar Ulhaq , Tanmoy Debnath

With the rapid progress in quantum hardware and software, the need for verification of quantum systems becomes increasingly crucial. While model checking is a dominant and very successful technique for verifying classical systems, its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Xin Hong , Dingchao Gao , Sanjiang Li , Shenggang Ying , Mingsheng Ying

Advances in quantum technologies are accelerating the demand for optical quantum state sensors that combine high precision, versatility, and scalability within a unified hardware platform. Quantum reservoir computing offers a powerful route…