scholarly journals Scene Classification of Remotely Sensed Images via Densely Connected Convolutional Neural Networks and an Ensemble Classifier

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-308
Author(s):  
Qimin Cheng ◽  
Yuan Xu ◽  
Peng Fu ◽  
Jinling Li ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Remotely Sensed ◽  
Ensemble Classifier ◽  
Image Feature ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Scene Classification ◽  
Remotely Sensed Images

Deep learning techniques, especially convolutional neural networks, have boosted performance in analyzing and understanding remotely sensed images to a great extent. However, existing scene-classification methods generally neglect local and spatial information that is vital to scene classification of remotely sensed images. In this study, a method of scene classification for remotely sensed images based on pretrained densely connected convolutional neural networks combined with an ensemble classifier is proposed to tackle the under-utilization of local and spatial information for image classification. Specifically, we first exploit the pretrained DenseNet and fine-tuned it to release its potential in remote-sensing image feature representation. Second, a spatial-pyramid structure and an improved Fisher-vector coding strategy are leveraged to further strengthen representation capability and the robustness of the feature map captured from convolutional layers. Then we integrate an ensemble classifier in our network architecture considering that lower attention to feature descriptors. Extensive experiments are conducted, and the proposed method achieves superior performance on UC Merced, AID, and NWPU-RESISC45 data sets.

scholarly journals Classification for Avian Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Gallinaceum Blood Stages by Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerayuth Kittichai ◽  
Morakot Kaewthamasorn ◽  
Suchansa Thanee ◽  
Rangsan Jomtarak ◽  
Kamonpob Klanboot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Malaria Parasite ◽  
Avian Malaria ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Rapid Screening ◽  
Plasmodium Gallinaceum ◽  
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Avian Malaria Parasite

Abstract Background: The infections of an avian malaria parasite (Plasmodium gallinaceum) in domestic chickens presents a major threat to poultry industry because it cause economical loss in both quality and quantity of meat and egg productions. Deep learning algorithms have been developed to identify avian malaria infections and classify its blood stage development. Methods: In this study, four types of deep convolutional neural networks namely Darknet, Darknet19, darknet19_448x448 and Densenet 201 are used to classify P. gallinaceum blood stages. We randomly collected dataset of 10,548 single-cell images consisting of four parasite stages from ten-infected blood films stained by Giemsa. All images were confirmed by three well-trained examiners. Results: In the model-wise comparison, the four neural network models gave us high values in the mean average precision at least 95%. Darknet can reproduce a superior performance in classification of the P. gallinaceum development stages across any other model architectures. In addition, Darknet also has best performance in multiple class-wise classification, scoring the average values of greater than 99% in accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, precision, and F1-score.Conclusions: Therefore, Darknet model is more suitable in the classification of P. gallinaceum blood stages than the other three models. The result may contribute us to develop the rapid screening tool for further assist non-expert in filed study where is lack of specific instrument for avian malaria diagnostic.

scholarly journals Optimization of FireNet for Liver Lesion Classification

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1237
Author(s):  
Gedeon Kashala Kabe ◽  
Yuqing Song ◽  
Zhe Liu
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Liver Lesion ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Visual Object ◽  
Visual Object Recognition ◽  
Residual Function ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Model Size

In recent years, deep learning techniques, and in particular convolutional neural networks (CNNs) methods have demonstrated a superior performance in image classification and visual object recognition. In this work, we propose a classification of four types of liver lesions, namely, hepatocellular carcinoma, metastases, hemangiomas, and healthy tissues using convolutional neural networks with a succinct model called FireNet. We improved speed for quick classification and decreased the model size and the number of parameters by using fire modules from SqueezeNet. We have used bypass connection by adding it around Fire modules for learning a residual function between input and output, and to solve the vanishing gradient problem. We have proposed a new Particle Swarm Optimization (NPSO) to optimize the network parameters in order to further boost the performance of the proposed FireNet. The experimental results show that the parameters of FireNet are 9.5 times smaller than GoogLeNet, 51.6 times smaller than AlexNet, and 75.8 smaller than ResNet. The size of FireNet is reduced 16.6 times smaller than GoogLeNet, 75 times smaller than AlexNet and 76.6 times smaller than ResNet. The final accuracy of our proposed FireNet model was 89.2%.

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