Speeded Up Robust Features Research Articles

Computer aided diagnosis system for breast density classification in mammograms

Breast cancer is a deadly disease affecting women around the globe. Mass detection in the breast tissue at an early stage can lessen the mortality rate occurring due to breast cancer. Through mammograms, the presence of masses can be detected at an early stage, however, it’s sensitivity and specificity are limited in the case of dense tissues. Identification of the breast density type prior to the detection of mass can lessen the chance of misclassifying a breast tissue as normal or abnormal, which eventually decreases the false negative and false positive rate. The proposed system classifies breast density on the basis of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). The proposed method has explored the effect of local descriptors on breast density classification and various feature-classifier combinations have also been explored for the classification. The proposed method validated on 624 mammograms from the Image Retrieval in Medical Applications (IRMA) version of the Digital Database for Screening Mammography (DDSM) database has produced an accuracy of 73% for multi-class breast density classification using the speeded-up robust features (SURF) and support vector machine (SVM) classifier.

How innovations in methodology offer new prospects for volume electron microscopy

Detailed knowledge of biological structure has been key in understanding biology at several levels of organisation, from organs to cells and proteins. Volume electron microscopy (volume EM) provides high resolution 3D structural information about tissues on the nanometre scale. However, the throughput rate of conventional electron microscopes has limited the volume size and number of samples that can be imaged. Recent improvements in methodology are currently driving a revolution in volume EM, making possible the structural imaging of whole organs and small organisms. In turn, these recent developments in image acquisition have created or stressed bottlenecks in other parts of the pipeline, like sample preparation, image analysis and data management. While the progress in image analysis is stunning due to the advent of automatic segmentation and server‐based annotation tools, several challenges remain. Here we discuss recent trends in volume EM, emerging methods for increasing throughput and implications for sample preparation, image analysis and data management.

Improved SURF in Color Difference Scale Space for Color Image Matching

This paper presents an improved SURF (Speeded Up Robust Features) for image matching which considers color information. Firstly, a new color difference scale space is constructed based on color information to detect feature point. Then we extracted a 192-dimensional vector to describe feature point, which includes a 64-dimensional vector representing the brightness information and a 128-dimensional vector representing the color information in a color image. Finally, in the process images matching, a new weighted Murkovski distance is used to measure the distance between two descriptors. From the experiment results, we can know that, compared the other methods, the feature points detection method proposed is more robust. The matching scores and precision of our method are dominant among different methods of color image matching. Compared with SURF, the number of feature points detected by the proposed method increases by 163%, the average matching scores and matching precision increase by 16% and 15.81% respectively.

An Improved KNN Classifier for 3D Face Recognition Based on SURF Descriptors

In this article, we propose a three-dimensional (3D) face recognition approach for depth data captured by Kinect based on a combination of speeded up robust features (SURF) and k-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithms. First, the shape index maps of the preprocessed 3D faces of the training gallery are computed, then the SURF feature vectors are extracted and used to form the dictionary. In the recognition process, we propose an improved KNN classifier to find the best match. The evaluation was performed using CurtinFaces and KinectFaceDB data sets, achieving rank-1 recognition rates of 96.78% and 94.23%, respectively, when using two samples per person for training.

A systematic approach to diagnosis and categorization of bone fractures in X-Ray imagery

ABSTRACT Researchers have proposed several ways of diagnosing, classifying and categorizing bone fractures. Nevertheless, no standardized classification has yet been established for all identified fractures. In recent times Machine learning and deep learning are becoming more popular. Deep Neural Networks (DNN) are well-known models for their image classification capabilities and capacity to tackle complex problems. To categorize (normal, comminute, oblique, spiral, greenstick, impacted, and transverse) and recognize fragmented images, the -Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) feature extraction approaches were utilized for several algorithms: K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), Inception V3 and ResNeXt101. This research aims to construct an image processing system, including information from X-ray and Computer Tomography (CT) scans, classifying bone fractures rapidly and precisely. Pre-processing, quality enhancement, and extraction techniques are utilized to process X-ray images of the shattered bone collected from the hospital. The images are then separated and classified into fractured and unfractured bones and are compared with the accuracy of other methodologies like KNN, SVM, RF, InceptionV3, and ResNeXt101. According to the findings, the bone fracture detection and classification system perform well-using ResNeXt101, with an accuracy rate of 93.75%.

Real-Time Image Defect Detection System of Cloth Digital Printing Machine.

In order to solve the surface defects such as white silk, spots, and wrinkles on the fabrics in the process of digital printing production, a surface defect detection system for printed fabrics based on the accelerated robust feature algorithm is proposed. The image registration is mainly carried out by the speeded up robust features (SURF) algorithm; the bidirectional unique matching method is used to reduce the mismatch points, realize the accurate registration of the image, and extract the defect information through the difference algorithm. The experiment uses multiple images to verify the performance of the improved SURF algorithm. The experimental results show that the detection accuracy of the new system for surface defects of printed fabrics reaches 98%. The algorithm has higher detection rate and faster detection speed, which can meet the needs of practical industrial applications.

Automatic Detection of Microaneurysms in OCT Images Using Bag of Features.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) caused by diabetes occurs as a result of changes in the retinal vessels and causes visual impairment. Microaneurysms (MAs) are the early clinical signs of DR, whose timely diagnosis can help detecting DR in the early stages of its development. It has been observed that MAs are more common in the inner retinal layers compared to the outer retinal layers in eyes suffering from DR. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive imaging technique that provides a cross-sectional view of the retina, and it has been used in recent years to diagnose many eye diseases. As a result, this paper attempts to identify areas with MA from normal areas of the retina using OCT images. This work is done using the dataset collected from FA and OCT images of 20 patients with DR. In this regard, firstly fluorescein angiography (FA) and OCT images were registered. Then, the MA and normal areas were separated, and the features of each of these areas were extracted using the Bag of Features (BOF) approach with the Speeded-Up Robust Feature (SURF) descriptor. Finally, the classification process was performed using a multilayer perceptron network. For each of the criteria of accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and precision, the obtained results were 96.33%, 97.33%, 95.4%, and 95.28%, respectively. Utilizing OCT images to detect MAs automatically is a new idea, and the results obtained as preliminary research in this field are promising.

Online product sentiment analysis using random evolutionary whale optimization algorithm and deep belief network

• Image and text normalization techniques are used to improve the data quality. • Used MLBP , SURF, TF-IDF and LSA techniques for feature extraction. • Used RE-WOA to reduce the dimension of the extracted feature vectors. • Used DBN classifier to classify the user's sentiments of the online products. In the recent decades, the online product sentiment analysis is an emerging research topic that assists the customers to take better decisions on purchasing the products and to achieve better sales of the products. Recently, several machine learning techniques are experimented on many datasets for analyzing the customer's sentiments through online portals. Still, the customers are struggling to obtain the aspect sentiments expressed by other customers, particularly in the amazon websites. Therefore, a novel automated model is proposed in this manuscript for an effective online product sentiment analysis. After collecting the multimodal data from the amazon websites, the image and data normalization techniques are employed for better understanding of the collected data. Further, the feature extraction is performed by utilizing Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), Term Frequency- Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF), Modified Local Binary Pattern (MLBP), and Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) descriptors for extracting the textual and visual feature vectors from the preprocessed data. Finally, the Random Evolutionary Whale Optimization Algorithm (REWOA) and Deep Belief Network (DBN) classifier are integrated for feature vector optimization and sentiment classification. By using feature optimization, the system complexity and running time of the classifier is improved. The experimental investigation states that the developed REWOA-DBN model achieved 96.86% of classification accuracy, which is better compared to other optimizers and classifiers

Indian Sign Language recognition system using SURF with SVM and CNN

Hand signs are an effective form of human-to-human communication that has a number of possible applications. Being a natural means of interaction, they are commonly used for communication purposes by speech impaired people worldwide. In fact, about one percent of the Indian population belongs to this category. This is the key reason why it would have a huge beneficial effect on these individuals to incorporate a framework that would understand Indian Sign Language. In this paper, we present a technique that uses the Bag of Visual Words model (BOVW) to recognize Indian sign language alphabets (A-Z) and digits (0–9) in a live video stream and output the predicted labels in the form of text as well as speech. Segmentation is done based on skin colour as well as background subtraction. SURF (Speeded Up Robust Features) features have been extracted from the images and histograms are generated to map the signs with corresponding labels. The Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) are used for classification. An interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) is also developed for easy access.

PADAr: physician-oriented artificial intelligence-facilitating diagnosis aid for retinal diseases.

Purpose: Retinopathy screening via digital imaging is promising for early detection and timely treatment, and tracking retinopathic abnormality over time can help to reveal the risk of disease progression. We developed an innovative physician-oriented artificial intelligence-facilitating diagnosis aid system for retinal diseases for screening multiple retinopathies and monitoring the regions of potential abnormality over time. Approach: Our dataset contains 4908 fundus images from 304 eyes with image-level annotations, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, cellophane maculopathy, pathological myopia, and healthy control (HC). The screening model utilized a VGG-based feature extractor and multiple-binary convolutional neural network-based classifiers. Images in time series were aligned via affine transforms estimated through speeded-up robust features. Heatmaps of retinopathy were generated from the feature extractor using gradient-weighted class activation mapping++, and individual candidate retinopathy sites were identified from the heatmaps using clustering algorithm. Nested cross-validation with a train-to-test split of 80% to 20% was used to evaluate the performance of the screening model. Results: Our screening model achieved 99% accuracy, 93% sensitivity, and 97% specificity in discriminating between patients with retinopathy and HCs. For discriminating between types of retinopathy, our model achieved an averaged performance of 80% accuracy, 78% sensitivity, 94% specificity, 79% F1-score, and Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.70. Moreover, visualization results were also shown to provide reasonable candidate sites of retinopathy. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated the capability of the proposed model for extracting diagnostic information of the abnormality and lesion locations, which allows clinicians to focus on patient-centered treatment and untangles the pathological plausibility hidden in deep learning models.

Copy Move Forgery Detection with SURF and MSER Combination

Because digital images may contain a variety of data, they are regarded as an important source for information sharing. Also, images are widely used as evidence in a variety of real-life cases. The rapid rise in popularity of digital photographs is due to the improvement of technologies. Several software programs have been developed in recent years to modify digital images, such as Photoshop and Corel Photo, however these programs are now being used extensively for forgery. Because of technological advancements, it is difficult for people to recognize faked images with their naked eyes Therefore, in this study, the features used in forgery detection problems are combined to ensure accurate labeling of even forgery images that are difficult to detect. Stronger feature is obtained by combining Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF) and Maximally Stable Extremal Regions (MSER). Considering the experimental results; it has been observed that the use of the proposed method, which is obtained as a result of combining the two methods in copy-move forgery detection problems, is more successful than using the SURF and MSER features separately.

Retraction Note: Offline scripting-free author identification based on speeded-up robust features

Retraction Note: Offline scripting-free author identification based on speeded-up robust features

A Steganography Embedding Method Based on CDF-DWT Technique for Reversible Data Hiding Application Using Elgamal Algorithm

Steganography is a data hiding method mainly used in the security purposes. While hiding more data in the embedding process the data may be lost and also cause some security problems. To avoid this problem a Steganography Embedding method is used. In this manuscript, Steganography Embedding method based on Cohen–Daubechies–Feauveau Discrete Wavelet Transform (CDF-DWT) technique to data hiding application using Elgamal algorithm is proposed. In this the cover image is taken for hiding the secret data. Then the cover image edges are detected and filtered with Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF) method. Then the input secret data is encrypted with Elgamal algorithm. Then the secret data is hided under cover image for obtaining the stego image by process of Embedding using CDF DWT technique. In this data in the stego images are unreadable. To get readable secured data is extracted from the stego image and the data’s are decrypted to get secured secret data. The objective of this method is to safe guard the secret using Steganography method and to increase embedding efficiency, Embedding capacity and carrier capacity and to reduce the execution time. The MATLAB simulation results of the proposed CDF DWT technique with Elgamal algorithm portrays better outcomes such as Peak to Signal Noise Ratio (PSNR), Mean Square Error (MSE) (lower), Bit Error Rate (BER) was Lower, Execution time provides is lower, Carrier Capacity and Embedding Capacity are much higher and the values are compared with the existing method such as Elliptic Galois in cryptography and in the Steganography method with Adaptive Firefly Algorithm (EGC-AFA), Reversible Data hiding within Encrypted images Via Adaptive Embedding Strategy with block selection (RDHEI-AES), Double Linear Regression Prediction based Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Image (DLRP-RDHEI) respectively.

Multi View Video Summarization Using RNN and SURF Based High Level Moving Object Feature Frames

Multi-View Video summarization is a process to ease the storage consumption that facilitates organized storage, and perform other mainline videos analytical task. This in-turn helps quick search or browse and retrieve the video data with minimum time and without losing crucial data. In static video summarization, there is less challenge in time and sequence issues to rearrange the video-synopsis. The low-level features are easy to compute and retrieve. But for high-level features like event detection, emotion detection, object recognition, face detection, gesture detection, and others requires the comprehension of the video content. This research is to propose an approach to over- come the difficulties in handling the high-level features. The distinguishable contents from the videos are identified by object detection and feature-based area strategy. The major aspect of the proposed solution is to retrieve the attributes of a motion source from a video frame. By dividing the details of the object that are available in the video frame wavelet decomposition are achieved. The motion frequency scoring method records the time of motions in the video. The frequency motion feature of video usage is a challenge given the continuous change of objects shape. Therefore, the object position and corner points are spotted using Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) feature points. Support vector machine clustering extracts keyframes. The memory-based re- current neural network (RNN) recognizes the object in the video frame and remembers a long sequence. RNN is an artificial neural network where nodes form a temporal relationship. The attention layer in the proposed RNN network extracts the details about the objects in motion. The motion objects identified using the three video clippings is finally summarized using video summarization algorithm. To perform the simulation, MATLAB R 2014b software was used.

Automatic image positioning of a rail train number using speed-up robust features and stroke width transform

The rail train number is the only sign information of the vehicle. It is very important to use the image processing method to locate the train number to improve the efficiency of rail train management. Therefore, an automatic image positioning framework for rail train numbers is developed. First, aiming at the problem of low contrast between the rail train number and vehicle body caused by insufficient illumination of the rail train in a tunnel and indoor, the improved single-scale Retinex algorithm based on brightness control is used to enhance the image, which provides the basis for subsequent train number image positioning. Then, a train number location algorithm based on speed-up robust features and stroke width transform is proposed to locate the train number accurately. The experimental results show that the accuracy of the developed method is 96.91% in the complex environment of uneven illumination and large distortion of rail train numbers.

Match-Level Fusion of Finger-Knuckle Print and Iris for Human Identity Validation Using Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier

Biometrics is the term for measuring human characteristics. If the term is divided into two parts, bio means life, and metric means measurement. The measurement of humans through different computational methods is performed to authorize a person. This measurement can be performed via a single biometric or by using a combination of different biometric traits. The combination of multiple biometrics is termed biometric fusion. It provides a reliable and secure authentication of a person at a higher accuracy. It has been introduced in the UIDIA framework in India (AADHAR: Association for Development and Health Action in Rural) and in different nations to figure out which biometric characteristics are suitable enough to authenticate the human identity. Fusion in biometric frameworks, especially FKP (finger–knuckle print) and iris, demonstrated to be a solid multimodal as a secure framework. The proposed approach demonstrates a proficient and strong multimodal biometric framework that utilizes FKP and iris as biometric modalities for authentication, utilizing scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) and speeded up robust features (SURF). Log Gabor wavelet is utilized to extricate the iris feature set. From the extracted region, features are computed using principal component analysis (PCA). Both biometric modalities, FKP and iris, are combined at the match score level. The matching is performed using a neuro-fuzzy neural network classifier. The execution and accuracy of the proposed framework are tested on the open database Poly-U, CASIA, and an accuracy of 99.68% is achieved. The accuracy is higher compared to a single biometric. The neuro-fuzzy approach is also tested in comparison to other classifiers, and the accuracy is 98%. Therefore, the fusion mechanism implemented using a neuro-fuzzy classifier provides the best accuracy compared to other classifiers. The framework is implemented in MATLAB 7.10.

FCML-gait: fog computing and machine learning inspired human identity and gender recognition using gait sequences.

Security threats are always there if the human intruders are not identified and recognized well in time in highly security-sensitive environments like the military, airports, parliament houses, and banks. Fog computing and machine learning algorithms on Gait sequences can prove to be better for restricting intruders promptly. Gait recognition provides the ability to observe an individual unobtrusively, without any direct cooperation or interaction from the people, making it very attractive than other biometric recognition techniques. In this paper, a Fog Computing and Machine Learning Inspired Human Identity and Gender Recognition using Gait Sequences (FCML-Gait) are proposed. Internet of things (IoT) devices and video capturing sensors are used to acquire data. Frames are clustered using the affinity propagation (AP) clustering technique into several clusters, and cluster-based averaged gait image(C-AGI) feature is determined for each cluster. For training and testing of datasets, sparse reconstruction-based metric learning (SRML) and Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) with support vector machine (SVM) are applied on benchmark gait database ADSC-AWD having 80 subjects of 20 different individuals in the Fog Layer to improve the processing. The performance metrics, for instance, accuracy, precision, recall, F-measure, C-time, and R-time have been measured, and a comparative evaluation of the projected method with the existing SRML technique has been provided in which the proposed FCML-Gait outperforms and attains the highest accuracy of 95.49%.

MOVING OBJECTS DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION AND TRACKING OF VIDEO STREAMING BY IMPROVED FEATURE EXTRACTION APPROACH USING K-SVM

The computer vision plays a vital role in variety of applications such as traffic surveillance, robotics, human interaction devices, etc. The video surveillance system has designed to detect, track and classify the moving objects. The moving object detection, classification and tracking of video streaming has various challenges, which utilizes various novel approaches. The existing work uses spatiotemporal feature analysis using sample consistency algorithm for moving object detection and classification. It is not performed well with the complex scene on the video. The binary masking representation of moving object is the challenging task for the researchers. These video streams are partitioned based on the frames, shots, and scenes; here the proposed research work utilizes kernel-Support Vector Machine learning technique for moving object detection and tracking. In this approach, the MIO-TCD DATASET is used for moving object detection. Here the feature extraction is the major part of foreground and background analysis in the video streaming, which utilizes the vehicle features based video data. The SURF (Speeded-Up Robust Feature) feature is used to recognize/register the object and it also used for classification of moving objects. Here the optical flow method is to quantify the relative motion of object in the video streams. Based on the differences on the partitioned frames, the optical flow features hold the object for measuring the pixel of the moving objects. The feature extraction process is improved by combining feature class with intensity level of optical flow result, which makes the gradient analysis of first order derivative function. The proposed method achieves the result of recall, precision, and f-measures than the existing work. The proposed method is done with the help of MATLAB 2018a. Keywords: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Kernel-SVM; SURF features; Optical Flow; Texture feature; Moving object detection, tracking and classification;

Robust descriptor for key-point detection and matching in color images with radial distortion

Constructing descriptors for key points in image matching is a crucial task in computer vision, visual tracking, and pattern recognition. Highly rated descriptors such as scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) and speeded up robust features (SURF) utilize the grayscale gradient information of the square regions around the key points. Nevertheless, these famous descriptors fail to take advantage of the image color information. Furthermore, their performances will be severely degraded for distorted images and the error due to rotation of their square windows. To address the problems, we proposed Circular Coordinate Combining Shape–Color Descriptor Under Distortion Based SURF (CSCD-SURF) that achieves competitive performance for colorful images with distortion contamination and numerical similar structures. The proposed approach can generate scale-space by adaptive filter to rectify distortion and integrate the SURF descriptor and shape–color information into our own custom concentric circular coordinate with flying colors. Experiments with Institut National de Recherche en Infomatique et Automatique dataset and spherical radial distortion-SIFT distorted image datasets prove that the ability of distortion rectification as well as matching performance against rotation, scaling, viewpoints, and blurring is more competitive than the state-of-the-art methods and its computation cost is acceptable.

Copy-move image forgery detection based on evolving circular domains coverage

The aim of this paper is to improve the accuracy of copy-move forgery detection (CMFD) in image forensics by proposing a novel scheme and the main contribution is evolving circular domains coverage (ECDC) algorithm. The proposed scheme integrates both block-based and keypoint-based forgery detection methods. Firstly, the speed-up robust feature (SURF) in log-polar space and the scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) are extracted from an entire image. Secondly, generalized 2 nearest neighbor (g2NN) is employed to get massive matched pairs. Then, random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm is employed to filter out mismatched pairs, thus allowing rough localization of counterfeit areas. To present these forgery areas more accurately, we propose the efficient and accurate ECDC algorithm to present them. This algorithm can find satisfactory threshold areas by extracting block features from jointly evolving circular domains, which are centered on matched pairs. Finally, morphological operation is applied to refine the detected forgery areas. Experimental results indicate that the proposed CMFD scheme can achieve better detection performance under various attacks compared with other state-of-the-art CMFD schemes.