Self-attention enhanced deep residual network for spatial image steganalysis. (2023)
Journal Article
XIE, G., REN, J., MARSHALL, S., ZHAO, H., LI, R. and CHEN, R. 2023. Self-attention enhanced deep residual network for spatial image steganalysis. Digital signal processing [online], 139, article 104063. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2023.104063

As a specially designed tool and technique for the detection of image steganography, image steganalysis conceals information under the carriers for covert communications. Being developed on the BOSSbase dataset and released a decade ago, most of the... Read More about Self-attention enhanced deep residual network for spatial image steganalysis..

CBANet: an end-to-end cross band 2-D attention network for hyperspectral change detection in remote sensing. (2023)
Journal Article
LI, Y., REN, J., YAN, Y., LIU, Q., MA, P., PETROVSKI, A. and SUN, H. 2023. CBANet: an end-to-end cross band 2-D attention network for hyperspectral change detection in remote sensing. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 61, 5513011. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3276589

As a fundamental task in remote sensing observation of the earth, change detection using hyperspectral images (HSI) features high accuracy due to the combination of the rich spectral and spatial information, especially for identifying land-cover vari... Read More about CBANet: an end-to-end cross band 2-D attention network for hyperspectral change detection in remote sensing..

H-RNet: hybrid relation network for few-shot learning-based hyperspectral image classification. (2023)
Journal Article
LIU, X., DONG, Z., LI, H., REN, J., ZHAO, H., LI, H., CHEN, W. and XIAO, Z. 2023. H-RNet: hybrid relation network for few-shot learning-based hyperspectral image classification. Remote sensing [online], 15(10), article 2497. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15102497

Deep network models rely on sufficient training samples to perform reasonably well, which has inevitably constrained their application in classification of hyperspectral images (HSIs) due to the limited availability of labeled data. To tackle this pa... Read More about H-RNet: hybrid relation network for few-shot learning-based hyperspectral image classification..

Tensor singular spectral analysis for 3D feature extraction in hyperspectral images. (2023)
Journal Article
FU, H., SUN, G., ZHANG, A., SHAO, B., REN, J. and JIA, X. 2023. Tensor singular spectral analysis for 3D feature extraction in hyperspectral images. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 61, article 5403914. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3272669

Due to the cubic structure of a hyperspectral image (HSI), how to characterize its spectral and spatial properties in three dimensions is challenging. Conventional spectral-spatial methods usually extract spectral and spatial information separately,... Read More about Tensor singular spectral analysis for 3D feature extraction in hyperspectral images..

Rapid detection of multi-QR codes based on multistage stepwise discrimination and a compressed mobilenet. (2023)
Journal Article
CHEN, R., HUANG, H., YU, Y., REN, J., WANG, P., ZHAO, H. and LU, X. 2023. Rapid detection of multi-QR codes based on multistage stepwise discrimination and a compressed mobilenet. IEEE internet of things journal [online], 10(18), pages 15966-15979. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3268636

Poor real-time performance in multi-QR codes detection has been a bottleneck in QR code decoding based Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems. To tackle this issue, we propose in this paper a rapid detection approach, which consists of Multistage Stepwise... Read More about Rapid detection of multi-QR codes based on multistage stepwise discrimination and a compressed mobilenet..

Multiscale superpixelwise prophet model for noise-robust feature extraction in hyperspectral images. (2023)
Journal Article
MA, P., REN, J., SUN, G., ZHAO, H., JIA, X., YAN, Y. and ZABALZA, J. 2023. Multiscale superpixelwise prophet model for noise-robust feature extraction in hyperspectral images. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 61, article 5508912. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3260634

Despite of various approaches proposed to smooth the hyperspectral images (HSIs) before feature extraction, the efficacy is still affected by the noise, even using the corrected dataset with the noisy and water absorption bands discarded. In this stu... Read More about Multiscale superpixelwise prophet model for noise-robust feature extraction in hyperspectral images..

Contour extraction of medical images using an attention-based network. (2023)
Journal Article
LV, J.J., CHEN, H.Y., LI, J.W., LIN, K.H., CHEN, R.J., WANG, L.J., ZENG, X.X., REN, J.C. and ZHAO, H.M. 2023. Contour extraction of medical images using an attention-based network. Biomedical signal processing and control [online], 84, article 104828. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2023.104828

A comprehensive analysis of medical images is important, as it assists in early screening and clinical treatment as well as subsequent rehabilitation. In general, the contour information can elaborately describe the shape and size of lesions in a med... Read More about Contour extraction of medical images using an attention-based network..

PSSA: PCA-domain superpixelwise singular spectral analysis for unsupervised hyperspectral image classification. (2023)
Journal Article
LIU, Q., XUE, D., TANG, Y., ZHAO, Y., REN, J. and SUN, H. 2023. PSSA: PCA-domain superpixelwise singular spectral analysis for unsupervised hyperspectral image classification. Remote sensing [online], 15(4), article 890. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15040890

Although supervised classification of hyperspectral images (HSI) has achieved success in remote sensing, its applications in real scenarios are often constrained, mainly due to the insufficiently available or lack of labelled data. As a result, unsup... Read More about PSSA: PCA-domain superpixelwise singular spectral analysis for unsupervised hyperspectral image classification..

Multiscale diff-changed feature fusion network for hyperspectral image change detection. (2023)
Journal Article
LUO, F., ZHOU, T., LIU, J., GUO, T., GONG, X. and REN, J. 2023. Multiscale diff-changed feature fusion network for hyperspectral image change detection. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 61, article 5502713. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3241097

For hyperspectral images (HSI) change detection (CD), multi-scale features are usually used to construct the detection models. However, the existing studies only consider the multi-scale features containing changed and unchanged components, which is... Read More about Multiscale diff-changed feature fusion network for hyperspectral image change detection..

Attention mechanism enhanced multi-layer edge perception network for deep semantic medical segmentation. (2023)
Journal Article
SUN, M., LI, P., REN, J. and WANG, Z. 2023. Attention mechanism enhanced multi-layer edge perception network for deep semantic medical segmentation. Cognitive computation [online], 15(1), pages 348-358. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-022-10094-4

Existing deep learning–based medical image segmentation methods have achieved gratifying progress, but they still suffer from the coarse boundaries with similar pixels of target. Because the boundary of medical images becomes blurred and the gradient... Read More about Attention mechanism enhanced multi-layer edge perception network for deep semantic medical segmentation..

An unsupervised domain adaptation method towards multi-level features and decision boundaries for cross-scene hyperspectral image classification. (2022)
Journal Article
ZHAO, C., QIN, B., FENG, S., ZHU, W., ZHANG, L. and REN, J. 2022. An unsupervised domain adaptation method towards multi-level features and decision boundaries for cross-scene hyperspectral image classification. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article 5546216. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3230378

Despite success in the same-scene hyperspectral image classification (HSIC), for the cross-scene classification, samples between source and target scenes are not drawn from the independent and identical distribution, resulting in significant performa... Read More about An unsupervised domain adaptation method towards multi-level features and decision boundaries for cross-scene hyperspectral image classification..

Object-based attention mechanism for color calibration of UAV remote sensing images in precision agriculture. (2022)
Journal Article
HUANG, H., TANG, Y., TAN, Z., ZHUANG, J., HOU, C., CHEN, W. and REN, J. 2022. Object-based attention mechanism for color calibration of UAV remote sensing images in precision agriculture. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article number 4416013. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3224580

Color calibration is a critical step for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing, especially in precision agriculture, which relies mainly on correlating color changes to specific quality attributes, e.g. plant health, disease, and pest stresses... Read More about Object-based attention mechanism for color calibration of UAV remote sensing images in precision agriculture..

Hyperspectral imaging based detection of PVC during Sellafield repackaging procedures. (2022)
Journal Article
ZABALZA, J., MURRAY, P., MARSHALL, S., REN, J., BERNARD, R. and HEPWORTH, S. 2023. Hyperspectral imaging based detection of PVC during Sellafield repackaging procedures. IEEE sensors journal [online], 23(1), pages 452-459. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3221680

Traditionally, Special Nuclear Material (SNM) at Sellafield has been stored in multi-layered packages, consisting of metallic cans and an over-layer of plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) as an intermediate layer when transitioning between areas of... Read More about Hyperspectral imaging based detection of PVC during Sellafield repackaging procedures..

Digital condition monitoring for wider blue economy. (2022)
Presentation / Conference
HASAN, M.J., YAN, Y. and REN, J. 2022. Digital condition monitoring for wider blue economy. Presented at the 12th Annual science meeting of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS ASM 2022), 8-10 November 2022, Glasgow, UK.

In the process of decommissioning energy systems, condition monitoring is crucial. It can make the health status of offshore oil and gas installations, pipelines, wind farms etc. transparent to policymakers and stakeholders, and aid them in creating... Read More about Digital condition monitoring for wider blue economy..

A novel gradient-guided post-processing method for adaptive image steganography. (2022)
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XIE, G., REN, J., MARSHALL, S., ZHAO, H. and LI, R. 2023. A novel gradient-guided post-processing method for adaptive image steganography. Signal processing [online], 203, article 108813. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2022.108813

Designing an effective cost function has always been the key in image steganography after the development of the near-optimal encoders. To learn the cost maps automatically, the Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) are often trained from the given c... Read More about A novel gradient-guided post-processing method for adaptive image steganography..

Multiscale voting mechanism for rice leaf disease recognition under natural field conditions. (2022)
Journal Article
TANG, Y., ZHAO, J., HUANG, H., ZHUANG, J., TAN, Z., HOU, C., CHEN, W. and REN, J. 2022. Multiscale voting mechanism for rice leaf disease recognition under natural field conditions. International journal of intelligent systems [online], 37(12), pages 12169-12191. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/int.23081

Rice leaf disease (RLD) is one of the major factors that cause the decline in production, and the automatic recognition of such diseases under natural field conditions is of great significance for timely targeted rice management. Although many machin... Read More about Multiscale voting mechanism for rice leaf disease recognition under natural field conditions..

Bayesian gravitation-based classification for hyperspectral images. (2022)
Journal Article
ZHANG, A., SUN, G., PAN, Z., REN, J., JIA, X., ZHANG, C., FU, H. and YAO, Y. 2022. Bayesian gravitation-based classification for hyperspectral images. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article 5542714. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3203488

Integration of spectral and spatial information is extremely important for the classification of high-resolution hyperspectral images (HSIs). Gravitation describes interaction among celestial bodies which can be applied to measure similarity between... Read More about Bayesian gravitation-based classification for hyperspectral images..

DRL-RNP: deep reinforcement learning-based optimized RNP flight procedure execution. (2022)
Journal Article
ZHU, L., WANG, J., WANG, Y., JI, Y. and REN, J. 2022. DRL-RNP: deep reinforcement learning-based optimized RNP flight procedure execution. Sensors [online], 22(17), article 6475. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176475

The required navigation performance (RNP) procedure is one of the two basic navigation specifications for the performance-based navigation (PBN) procedure as proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) through an integration of t... Read More about DRL-RNP: deep reinforcement learning-based optimized RNP flight procedure execution..

An approach to emotion recognition using brain rhythm sequencing and asymmetric features. (2022)
Journal Article
LI, J.W., CHEN, R.J., BARMA, S., CHEN, F., PUN, S.H., MAK, P.U., WANG, L.J., ZENG, X.X., REN, J.C. and ZHAO, H.M. 2022. An approach to emotion recognition using brain rhythm sequencing and asymmetric features. Cognitive computation [online], 14(6), pages 2260-2273. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-022-10053-z

Emotion can be influenced during self-isolation, and to avoid severe mood swings, emotional regulation is meaningful. To achieve this, efficiently recognizing emotion is a vital step, which can be realized by electroencephalography signals. Previousl... Read More about An approach to emotion recognition using brain rhythm sequencing and asymmetric features..

Nondestructive detection and grading of flesh translucency in pineapples with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. (2022)
Journal Article
XU, S., REN, J., LU, H., WANG, X., SUN, X. and LIANG, X. 2022. Nondestructive detection and grading of flesh translucency in pineapples with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Postharvest biology and technology [online], 192, article 112029. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2022.112029

Rapid, accurate, and nondestructive internal quality detection for large and rough surface fruit, such as translucency in pineapples, is challenging. In this paper, a visible and near infrared (VIS/NIR) spectrum-based platform is proposed for optimiz... Read More about Nondestructive detection and grading of flesh translucency in pineapples with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy..