For the analysis of spinal and disc diseases,automated tissue segmentation of the lumbar spine is vital.Due to the continuous and concentrated location of the target,the abundance of edge features,and individual diffe...For the analysis of spinal and disc diseases,automated tissue segmentation of the lumbar spine is vital.Due to the continuous and concentrated location of the target,the abundance of edge features,and individual differences,conventional automatic segmentation methods perform poorly.Since the success of deep learning in the segmentation of medical images has been shown in the past few years,it has been applied to this task in a number of ways.The multi-scale and multi-modal features of lumbar tissues,however,are rarely explored by methodologies of deep learning.Because of the inadequacies in medical images availability,it is crucial to effectively fuse various modes of data collection for model training to alleviate the problem of insufficient samples.In this paper,we propose a novel multi-modality hierarchical fusion network(MHFN)for improving lumbar spine segmentation by learning robust feature representations from multi-modality magnetic resonance images.An adaptive group fusion module(AGFM)is introduced in this paper to fuse features from various modes to extract cross-modality features that could be valuable.Furthermore,to combine features from low to high levels of cross-modality,we design a hierarchical fusion structure based on AGFM.Compared to the other feature fusion methods,AGFM is more effective based on experimental results on multi-modality MR images of the lumbar spine.To further enhance segmentation accuracy,we compare our network with baseline fusion structures.Compared to the baseline fusion structures(input-level:76.27%,layer-level:78.10%,decision-level:79.14%),our network was able to segment fractured vertebrae more accurately(85.05%).展开更多
As the number and complexity of sensors in autonomous vehicles continue to rise,multimodal fusionbased object detection algorithms are increasingly being used to detect 3D environmental information,significantly advan...As the number and complexity of sensors in autonomous vehicles continue to rise,multimodal fusionbased object detection algorithms are increasingly being used to detect 3D environmental information,significantly advancing the development of perception technology in autonomous driving.To further promote the development of fusion algorithms and improve detection performance,this paper discusses the advantages and recent advancements of multimodal fusion-based object detection algorithms.Starting fromsingle-modal sensor detection,the paper provides a detailed overview of typical sensors used in autonomous driving and introduces object detection methods based on images and point clouds.For image-based detection methods,they are categorized into monocular detection and binocular detection based on different input types.For point cloud-based detection methods,they are classified into projection-based,voxel-based,point cluster-based,pillar-based,and graph structure-based approaches based on the technical pathways for processing point cloud features.Additionally,multimodal fusion algorithms are divided into Camera-LiDAR fusion,Camera-Radar fusion,Camera-LiDAR-Radar fusion,and other sensor fusion methods based on the types of sensors involved.Furthermore,the paper identifies five key future research directions in this field,aiming to provide insights for researchers engaged in multimodal fusion-based object detection algorithms and to encourage broader attention to the research and application of multimodal fusion-based object detection.展开更多
Objective To develop a non-invasive predictive model for coronary artery stenosis severity based on adaptive multi-modal integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine data.Methods Clinical indicators,echocar...Objective To develop a non-invasive predictive model for coronary artery stenosis severity based on adaptive multi-modal integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine data.Methods Clinical indicators,echocardiographic data,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)tongue manifestations,and facial features were collected from patients who underwent coro-nary computed tomography angiography(CTA)in the Cardiac Care Unit(CCU)of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital between May 1,2023 and May 1,2024.An adaptive weighted multi-modal data fusion(AWMDF)model based on deep learning was constructed to predict the severity of coronary artery stenosis.The model was evaluated using metrics including accura-cy,precision,recall,F1 score,and the area under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve(AUC).Further performance assessment was conducted through comparisons with six ensemble machine learning methods,data ablation,model component ablation,and various decision-level fusion strategies.Results A total of 158 patients were included in the study.The AWMDF model achieved ex-cellent predictive performance(AUC=0.973,accuracy=0.937,precision=0.937,recall=0.929,and F1 score=0.933).Compared with model ablation,data ablation experiments,and various traditional machine learning models,the AWMDF model demonstrated superior per-formance.Moreover,the adaptive weighting strategy outperformed alternative approaches,including simple weighting,averaging,voting,and fixed-weight schemes.Conclusion The AWMDF model demonstrates potential clinical value in the non-invasive prediction of coronary artery disease and could serve as a tool for clinical decision support.展开更多
Multi-modal Named Entity Recognition(MNER)aims to better identify meaningful textual entities by integrating information from images.Previous work has focused on extracting visual semantics at a fine-grained level,or ...Multi-modal Named Entity Recognition(MNER)aims to better identify meaningful textual entities by integrating information from images.Previous work has focused on extracting visual semantics at a fine-grained level,or obtaining entity related external knowledge from knowledge bases or Large Language Models(LLMs).However,these approaches ignore the poor semantic correlation between visual and textual modalities in MNER datasets and do not explore different multi-modal fusion approaches.In this paper,we present MMAVK,a multi-modal named entity recognition model with auxiliary visual knowledge and word-level fusion,which aims to leverage the Multi-modal Large Language Model(MLLM)as an implicit knowledge base.It also extracts vision-based auxiliary knowledge from the image formore accurate and effective recognition.Specifically,we propose vision-based auxiliary knowledge generation,which guides the MLLM to extract external knowledge exclusively derived from images to aid entity recognition by designing target-specific prompts,thus avoiding redundant recognition and cognitive confusion caused by the simultaneous processing of image-text pairs.Furthermore,we employ a word-level multi-modal fusion mechanism to fuse the extracted external knowledge with each word-embedding embedded from the transformerbased encoder.Extensive experimental results demonstrate that MMAVK outperforms or equals the state-of-the-art methods on the two classical MNER datasets,even when the largemodels employed have significantly fewer parameters than other baselines.展开更多
To address the challenge of missing modal information in entity alignment and to mitigate information loss or bias arising frommodal heterogeneity during fusion,while also capturing shared information acrossmodalities...To address the challenge of missing modal information in entity alignment and to mitigate information loss or bias arising frommodal heterogeneity during fusion,while also capturing shared information acrossmodalities,this paper proposes a Multi-modal Pre-synergistic Entity Alignmentmodel based on Cross-modalMutual Information Strategy Optimization(MPSEA).The model first employs independent encoders to process multi-modal features,including text,images,and numerical values.Next,a multi-modal pre-synergistic fusion mechanism integrates graph structural and visual modal features into the textual modality as preparatory information.This pre-fusion strategy enables unified perception of heterogeneous modalities at the model’s initial stage,reducing discrepancies during the fusion process.Finally,using cross-modal deep perception reinforcement learning,the model achieves adaptive multilevel feature fusion between modalities,supporting learningmore effective alignment strategies.Extensive experiments on multiple public datasets show that the MPSEA method achieves gains of up to 7% in Hits@1 and 8.2% in MRR on the FBDB15K dataset,and up to 9.1% in Hits@1 and 7.7% in MRR on the FBYG15K dataset,compared to existing state-of-the-art methods.These results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed model.展开更多
Multi-modal fusion technology gradually become a fundamental task in many fields,such as autonomous driving,smart healthcare,sentiment analysis,and human-computer interaction.It is rapidly becoming the dominant resear...Multi-modal fusion technology gradually become a fundamental task in many fields,such as autonomous driving,smart healthcare,sentiment analysis,and human-computer interaction.It is rapidly becoming the dominant research due to its powerful perception and judgment capabilities.Under complex scenes,multi-modal fusion technology utilizes the complementary characteristics of multiple data streams to fuse different data types and achieve more accurate predictions.However,achieving outstanding performance is challenging because of equipment performance limitations,missing information,and data noise.This paper comprehensively reviews existing methods based onmulti-modal fusion techniques and completes a detailed and in-depth analysis.According to the data fusion stage,multi-modal fusion has four primary methods:early fusion,deep fusion,late fusion,and hybrid fusion.The paper surveys the three majormulti-modal fusion technologies that can significantly enhance the effect of data fusion and further explore the applications of multi-modal fusion technology in various fields.Finally,it discusses the challenges and explores potential research opportunities.Multi-modal tasks still need intensive study because of data heterogeneity and quality.Preserving complementary information and eliminating redundant information between modalities is critical in multi-modal technology.Invalid data fusion methods may introduce extra noise and lead to worse results.This paper provides a comprehensive and detailed summary in response to these challenges.展开更多
Fusing hand-based features in multi-modal biometric recognition enhances anti-spoofing capabilities.Additionally,it leverages inter-modal correlation to enhance recognition performance.Concurrently,the robustness and ...Fusing hand-based features in multi-modal biometric recognition enhances anti-spoofing capabilities.Additionally,it leverages inter-modal correlation to enhance recognition performance.Concurrently,the robustness and recognition performance of the system can be enhanced through judiciously leveraging the correlation among multimodal features.Nevertheless,two issues persist in multi-modal feature fusion recognition:Firstly,the enhancement of recognition performance in fusion recognition has not comprehensively considered the inter-modality correlations among distinct modalities.Secondly,during modal fusion,improper weight selection diminishes the salience of crucial modal features,thereby diminishing the overall recognition performance.To address these two issues,we introduce an enhanced DenseNet multimodal recognition network founded on feature-level fusion.The information from the three modalities is fused akin to RGB,and the input network augments the correlation between modes through channel correlation.Within the enhanced DenseNet network,the Efficient Channel Attention Network(ECA-Net)dynamically adjusts the weight of each channel to amplify the salience of crucial information in each modal feature.Depthwise separable convolution markedly reduces the training parameters and further enhances the feature correlation.Experimental evaluations were conducted on four multimodal databases,comprising six unimodal databases,including multispectral palmprint and palm vein databases from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The Equal Error Rates(EER)values were 0.0149%,0.0150%,0.0099%,and 0.0050%,correspondingly.In comparison to other network methods for palmprint,palm vein,and finger vein fusion recognition,this approach substantially enhances recognition performance,rendering it suitable for high-security environments with practical applicability.The experiments in this article utilized amodest sample database comprising 200 individuals.The subsequent phase involves preparing for the extension of the method to larger databases.展开更多
Mill vibration is a common problem in rolling production,which directly affects the thickness accuracy of the strip and may even lead to strip fracture accidents in serious cases.The existing vibration prediction mode...Mill vibration is a common problem in rolling production,which directly affects the thickness accuracy of the strip and may even lead to strip fracture accidents in serious cases.The existing vibration prediction models do not consider the features contained in the data,resulting in limited improvement of model accuracy.To address these challenges,this paper proposes a multi-dimensional multi-modal cold rolling vibration time series prediction model(MDMMVPM)based on the deep fusion of multi-level networks.In the model,the long-term and short-term modal features of multi-dimensional data are considered,and the appropriate prediction algorithms are selected for different data features.Based on the established prediction model,the effects of tension and rolling force on mill vibration are analyzed.Taking the 5th stand of a cold mill in a steel mill as the research object,the innovative model is applied to predict the mill vibration for the first time.The experimental results show that the correlation coefficient(R^(2))of the model proposed in this paper is 92.5%,and the root-mean-square error(RMSE)is 0.0011,which significantly improves the modeling accuracy compared with the existing models.The proposed model is also suitable for the hot rolling process,which provides a new method for the prediction of strip rolling vibration.展开更多
Multimodal medical image fusion can help physicians provide more accurate treatment plans for patients, as unimodal images provide limited valid information. To address the insufficient ability of traditional medical ...Multimodal medical image fusion can help physicians provide more accurate treatment plans for patients, as unimodal images provide limited valid information. To address the insufficient ability of traditional medical image fusion solutions to protect image details and significant information, a new multimodality medical image fusion method(NSST-PAPCNNLatLRR) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the high and low-frequency sub-band coefficients are obtained by decomposing the source image using NSST. Then, the latent low-rank representation algorithm is used to process the low-frequency sub-band coefficients;An improved PAPCNN algorithm is also proposed for the fusion of high-frequency sub-band coefficients. The improved PAPCNN model was based on the automatic setting of the parameters, and the optimal method was configured for the time decay factor αe. The experimental results show that, in comparison with the five mainstream fusion algorithms, the new algorithm has significantly improved the visual effect over the comparison algorithm,enhanced the ability to characterize important information in images, and further improved the ability to protect the detailed information;the new algorithm has achieved at least four firsts in six objective indexes.展开更多
Integrating multiple medical imaging techniques,including Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI),Computed Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography(PET),and ultrasound,provides a comprehensive view of the patient health status...Integrating multiple medical imaging techniques,including Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI),Computed Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography(PET),and ultrasound,provides a comprehensive view of the patient health status.Each of these methods contributes unique diagnostic insights,enhancing the overall assessment of patient condition.Nevertheless,the amalgamation of data from multiple modalities presents difficulties due to disparities in resolution,data collection methods,and noise levels.While traditional models like Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs)excel in single-modality tasks,they struggle to handle multi-modal complexities,lacking the capacity to model global relationships.This research presents a novel approach for examining multi-modal medical imagery using a transformer-based system.The framework employs self-attention and cross-attention mechanisms to synchronize and integrate features across various modalities.Additionally,it shows resilience to variations in noise and image quality,making it adaptable for real-time clinical use.To address the computational hurdles linked to transformer models,particularly in real-time clinical applications in resource-constrained environments,several optimization techniques have been integrated to boost scalability and efficiency.Initially,a streamlined transformer architecture was adopted to minimize the computational load while maintaining model effectiveness.Methods such as model pruning,quantization,and knowledge distillation have been applied to reduce the parameter count and enhance the inference speed.Furthermore,efficient attention mechanisms such as linear or sparse attention were employed to alleviate the substantial memory and processing requirements of traditional self-attention operations.For further deployment optimization,researchers have implemented hardware-aware acceleration strategies,including the use of TensorRT and ONNX-based model compression,to ensure efficient execution on edge devices.These optimizations allow the approach to function effectively in real-time clinical settings,ensuring viability even in environments with limited resources.Future research directions include integrating non-imaging data to facilitate personalized treatment and enhancing computational efficiency for implementation in resource-limited environments.This study highlights the transformative potential of transformer models in multi-modal medical imaging,offering improvements in diagnostic accuracy and patient care outcomes.展开更多
The primary objective of Chinese spelling correction(CSC)is to detect and correct erroneous characters in Chinese text,which can result from various factors,such as inaccuracies in pinyin representation,character rese...The primary objective of Chinese spelling correction(CSC)is to detect and correct erroneous characters in Chinese text,which can result from various factors,such as inaccuracies in pinyin representation,character resemblance,and semantic discrepancies.However,existing methods often struggle to fully address these types of errors,impacting the overall correction accuracy.This paper introduces a multi-modal feature encoder designed to efficiently extract features from three distinct modalities:pinyin,semantics,and character morphology.Unlike previous methods that rely on direct fusion or fixed-weight summation to integrate multi-modal information,our approach employs a multi-head attention mechanism to focuse more on relevant modal information while dis-regarding less pertinent data.To prevent issues such as gradient explosion or vanishing,the model incorporates a residual connection of the original text vector for fine-tuning.This approach ensures robust model performance by maintaining essential linguistic details throughout the correction process.Experimental evaluations on the SIGHAN benchmark dataset demonstrate that the pro-posed model outperforms baseline approaches across various metrics and datasets,confirming its effectiveness and feasibility.展开更多
Thunderstorm wind gusts are small in scale,typically occurring within a range of a few kilometers.It is extremely challenging to monitor and forecast thunderstorm wind gusts using only automatic weather stations.There...Thunderstorm wind gusts are small in scale,typically occurring within a range of a few kilometers.It is extremely challenging to monitor and forecast thunderstorm wind gusts using only automatic weather stations.Therefore,it is necessary to establish thunderstorm wind gust identification techniques based on multisource high-resolution observations.This paper introduces a new algorithm,called thunderstorm wind gust identification network(TGNet).It leverages multimodal feature fusion to fuse the temporal and spatial features of thunderstorm wind gust events.The shapelet transform is first used to extract the temporal features of wind speeds from automatic weather stations,which is aimed at distinguishing thunderstorm wind gusts from those caused by synoptic-scale systems or typhoons.Then,the encoder,structured upon the U-shaped network(U-Net)and incorporating recurrent residual convolutional blocks(R2U-Net),is employed to extract the corresponding spatial convective characteristics of satellite,radar,and lightning observations.Finally,by using the multimodal deep fusion module based on multi-head cross-attention,the temporal features of wind speed at each automatic weather station are incorporated into the spatial features to obtain 10-minutely classification of thunderstorm wind gusts.TGNet products have high accuracy,with a critical success index reaching 0.77.Compared with those of U-Net and R2U-Net,the false alarm rate of TGNet products decreases by 31.28%and 24.15%,respectively.The new algorithm provides grid products of thunderstorm wind gusts with a spatial resolution of 0.01°,updated every 10minutes.The results are finer and more accurate,thereby helping to improve the accuracy of operational warnings for thunderstorm wind gusts.展开更多
Multi-modal knowledge graph completion(MMKGC)aims to complete missing entities or relations in multi-modal knowledge graphs,thereby discovering more previously unknown triples.Due to the continuous growth of data and ...Multi-modal knowledge graph completion(MMKGC)aims to complete missing entities or relations in multi-modal knowledge graphs,thereby discovering more previously unknown triples.Due to the continuous growth of data and knowledge and the limitations of data sources,the visual knowledge within the knowledge graphs is generally of low quality,and some entities suffer from the issue of missing visual modality.Nevertheless,previous studies of MMKGC have primarily focused on how to facilitate modality interaction and fusion while neglecting the problems of low modality quality and modality missing.In this case,mainstream MMKGC models only use pre-trained visual encoders to extract features and transfer the semantic information to the joint embeddings through modal fusion,which inevitably suffers from problems such as error propagation and increased uncertainty.To address these problems,we propose a Multi-modal knowledge graph Completion model based on Super-resolution and Detailed Description Generation(MMCSD).Specifically,we leverage a pre-trained residual network to enhance the resolution and improve the quality of the visual modality.Moreover,we design multi-level visual semantic extraction and entity description generation,thereby further extracting entity semantics from structural triples and visual images.Meanwhile,we train a variational multi-modal auto-encoder and utilize a pre-trained multi-modal language model to complement the missing visual features.We conducted experiments on FB15K-237 and DB13K,and the results showed that MMCSD can effectively perform MMKGC and achieve state-of-the-art performance.展开更多
In the article“A Lightweight Approach for Skin Lesion Detection through Optimal Features Fusion”by Khadija Manzoor,Fiaz Majeed,Ansar Siddique,Talha Meraj,Hafiz Tayyab Rauf,Mohammed A.El-Meligy,Mohamed Sharaf,Abd Ela...In the article“A Lightweight Approach for Skin Lesion Detection through Optimal Features Fusion”by Khadija Manzoor,Fiaz Majeed,Ansar Siddique,Talha Meraj,Hafiz Tayyab Rauf,Mohammed A.El-Meligy,Mohamed Sharaf,Abd Elatty E.Abd Elgawad Computers,Materials&Continua,2022,Vol.70,No.1,pp.1617–1630.DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018621,URL:https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v70n1/44361,there was an error regarding the affiliation for the author Hafiz Tayyab Rauf.Instead of“Centre for Smart Systems,AI and Cybersecurity,Staffordshire University,Stoke-on-Trent,UK”,the affiliation should be“Independent Researcher,Bradford,BD80HS,UK”.展开更多
Magnetostrictive Fe-Ga alloys have captivated substantial focus in biomedical applications because of their exceptional transition efficiency and favorable cytocompatibility.Nevertheless,Fe-Ga alloys always exhibit fr...Magnetostrictive Fe-Ga alloys have captivated substantial focus in biomedical applications because of their exceptional transition efficiency and favorable cytocompatibility.Nevertheless,Fe-Ga alloys always exhibit frustrating magnetostriction coefficients when presented in bulk dimensions.It is well-established that the magnetostrictive performance of Fe-Ga alloys is intimately linked to their phase and crystal structures.In this study,various concentrations of boron(B)were doped into Fe_(81)Ga_(19) alloys via the laser-beam powder bed fusion(LPBF)technique to tailor the crystal and phase structures,thereby improving the magnetostrictive performance.The results revealed the capacity for quick solidification of the LPBF process in expediting the solid solution of B element,which increased both lattice distortion and dislocations within the Fe-Ga matrix.These factors contributed to an elevation in the density of the modified-D0_(3) phase structure.Moreover,the prepared Fe-Ga-B alloys also exhibited a(001)preferred grain orientation caused by the high thermal gradients during the LPBF process.As a result,a maximum magnetostriction coefficient of 105 ppm was achieved in the(Fe_(81)Ga_(19))_(98.5)B_(1.5) alloy.In alternating magnetic fields,all the LPBF-prepared alloys showed good dynamic magnetostriction response without visible hysteresis,while the(Fe_(81)Ga_(19))_(98.5)B_(1.5) alloy presented a notable enhancement of~30%in magnetostriction coefficient when compared with the Fe_(81)Ga_(19) alloy.Moreover.the(Fe_(81)Ga_(19))_(98.5)B_(1.5) alloy exhibited favorable biocompatibility and osteogenesis,as confirmed by increased alkaline phosphatase(ALP)activity and the formation of mineralized nodules.These findings suggest that the B-doped Fe-Ga alloys combined with the LPBF technique hold promise for the development of bulk magnetostrictive alloys that are applicable for bone repair applications.展开更多
This article explores the design of a wireless fire alarm system supported by advanced data fusion technology.It includes discussions on the basic design ideas of the wireless fire alarm system,hardware design analysi...This article explores the design of a wireless fire alarm system supported by advanced data fusion technology.It includes discussions on the basic design ideas of the wireless fire alarm system,hardware design analysis,software design analysis,and simulation analysis,all supported by data fusion technology.Hopefully,this analysis can provide some reference for the rational application of data fusion technology to meet the actual design and application requirements of the system.展开更多
This work investigated the anisotropy tensile properties of Inconel 625 alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) under various tests temperature, focusing the anisotropy evolution during the high temperature...This work investigated the anisotropy tensile properties of Inconel 625 alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) under various tests temperature, focusing the anisotropy evolution during the high temperature. The microstructure contained columnar grains with (111) texture in the vertical plane (90° sample), while a large equiaxed grain with (100) texture was produced in the horizontal plane (0° sample). As for 45° sample, a large number of equiaxed grains and a few columnar grains with (111) texture can be observed. The sample produced at a 0° orientation demonstrates the highest tensile strength, whereas the 90° sample exhibits the greatest elongation. Conversely, the 45° sample displays the least favorable overall performance. As the tests temperature increased from room temperature to 600℃, the anisotropy rate of ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and ductility between 0° and 45° samples, decreased from 8.98 to 6.96%, 2.36 to 1.28%, 19.93 to 12.23%, as well as between 0° and 90° samples decreased from 4.87 to 4.03%, 11.88 to 7.21% and 14.11 to 6.89%, respectively, because of the recovery of oriented columnar grains.展开更多
Solar flare prediction is an important subject in the field of space weather.Deep learning technology has greatly promoted the development of this subject.In this study,we propose a novel solar flare forecasting model...Solar flare prediction is an important subject in the field of space weather.Deep learning technology has greatly promoted the development of this subject.In this study,we propose a novel solar flare forecasting model integrating Deep Residual Network(ResNet)and Support Vector Machine(SVM)for both≥C-class(C,M,and X classes)and≥M-class(M and X classes)flares.We collected samples of magnetograms from May 1,2010 to September 13,2018 from Space-weather Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager(HMI)Active Region Patches and then used a cross-validation method to obtain seven independent data sets.We then utilized five metrics to evaluate our fusion model,based on intermediate-output extracted by ResNet and SVM using the Gaussian kernel function.Our results show that the primary metric true skill statistics(TSS)achieves a value of 0.708±0.027 for≥C-class prediction,and of 0.758±0.042 for≥M-class prediction;these values indicate that our approach performs significantly better than those of previous studies.The metrics of our fusion model’s performance on the seven datasets indicate that the model is quite stable and robust,suggesting that fusion models that integrate an excellent baseline network with SVM can achieve improved performance in solar flare prediction.Besides,we also discuss the performance impact of architectural innovation in our fusion model.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Technology Innovation 2030 under Grant 2022ZD0211700.
文摘For the analysis of spinal and disc diseases,automated tissue segmentation of the lumbar spine is vital.Due to the continuous and concentrated location of the target,the abundance of edge features,and individual differences,conventional automatic segmentation methods perform poorly.Since the success of deep learning in the segmentation of medical images has been shown in the past few years,it has been applied to this task in a number of ways.The multi-scale and multi-modal features of lumbar tissues,however,are rarely explored by methodologies of deep learning.Because of the inadequacies in medical images availability,it is crucial to effectively fuse various modes of data collection for model training to alleviate the problem of insufficient samples.In this paper,we propose a novel multi-modality hierarchical fusion network(MHFN)for improving lumbar spine segmentation by learning robust feature representations from multi-modality magnetic resonance images.An adaptive group fusion module(AGFM)is introduced in this paper to fuse features from various modes to extract cross-modality features that could be valuable.Furthermore,to combine features from low to high levels of cross-modality,we design a hierarchical fusion structure based on AGFM.Compared to the other feature fusion methods,AGFM is more effective based on experimental results on multi-modality MR images of the lumbar spine.To further enhance segmentation accuracy,we compare our network with baseline fusion structures.Compared to the baseline fusion structures(input-level:76.27%,layer-level:78.10%,decision-level:79.14%),our network was able to segment fractured vertebrae more accurately(85.05%).
基金funded by the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Community Joint Research Project(2023CSJGG1600)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province(2208085MF173)Wuhu“ChiZhu Light”Major Science and Technology Project(2023ZD01,2023ZD03).
文摘As the number and complexity of sensors in autonomous vehicles continue to rise,multimodal fusionbased object detection algorithms are increasingly being used to detect 3D environmental information,significantly advancing the development of perception technology in autonomous driving.To further promote the development of fusion algorithms and improve detection performance,this paper discusses the advantages and recent advancements of multimodal fusion-based object detection algorithms.Starting fromsingle-modal sensor detection,the paper provides a detailed overview of typical sensors used in autonomous driving and introduces object detection methods based on images and point clouds.For image-based detection methods,they are categorized into monocular detection and binocular detection based on different input types.For point cloud-based detection methods,they are classified into projection-based,voxel-based,point cluster-based,pillar-based,and graph structure-based approaches based on the technical pathways for processing point cloud features.Additionally,multimodal fusion algorithms are divided into Camera-LiDAR fusion,Camera-Radar fusion,Camera-LiDAR-Radar fusion,and other sensor fusion methods based on the types of sensors involved.Furthermore,the paper identifies five key future research directions in this field,aiming to provide insights for researchers engaged in multimodal fusion-based object detection algorithms and to encourage broader attention to the research and application of multimodal fusion-based object detection.
基金Construction Program of the Key Discipline of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China(ZYYZDXK-2023069)Research Project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (2024QN018)Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Program (23KFL005)。
文摘Objective To develop a non-invasive predictive model for coronary artery stenosis severity based on adaptive multi-modal integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine data.Methods Clinical indicators,echocardiographic data,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)tongue manifestations,and facial features were collected from patients who underwent coro-nary computed tomography angiography(CTA)in the Cardiac Care Unit(CCU)of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital between May 1,2023 and May 1,2024.An adaptive weighted multi-modal data fusion(AWMDF)model based on deep learning was constructed to predict the severity of coronary artery stenosis.The model was evaluated using metrics including accura-cy,precision,recall,F1 score,and the area under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve(AUC).Further performance assessment was conducted through comparisons with six ensemble machine learning methods,data ablation,model component ablation,and various decision-level fusion strategies.Results A total of 158 patients were included in the study.The AWMDF model achieved ex-cellent predictive performance(AUC=0.973,accuracy=0.937,precision=0.937,recall=0.929,and F1 score=0.933).Compared with model ablation,data ablation experiments,and various traditional machine learning models,the AWMDF model demonstrated superior per-formance.Moreover,the adaptive weighting strategy outperformed alternative approaches,including simple weighting,averaging,voting,and fixed-weight schemes.Conclusion The AWMDF model demonstrates potential clinical value in the non-invasive prediction of coronary artery disease and could serve as a tool for clinical decision support.
基金funded by Research Project,grant number BHQ090003000X03.
文摘Multi-modal Named Entity Recognition(MNER)aims to better identify meaningful textual entities by integrating information from images.Previous work has focused on extracting visual semantics at a fine-grained level,or obtaining entity related external knowledge from knowledge bases or Large Language Models(LLMs).However,these approaches ignore the poor semantic correlation between visual and textual modalities in MNER datasets and do not explore different multi-modal fusion approaches.In this paper,we present MMAVK,a multi-modal named entity recognition model with auxiliary visual knowledge and word-level fusion,which aims to leverage the Multi-modal Large Language Model(MLLM)as an implicit knowledge base.It also extracts vision-based auxiliary knowledge from the image formore accurate and effective recognition.Specifically,we propose vision-based auxiliary knowledge generation,which guides the MLLM to extract external knowledge exclusively derived from images to aid entity recognition by designing target-specific prompts,thus avoiding redundant recognition and cognitive confusion caused by the simultaneous processing of image-text pairs.Furthermore,we employ a word-level multi-modal fusion mechanism to fuse the extracted external knowledge with each word-embedding embedded from the transformerbased encoder.Extensive experimental results demonstrate that MMAVK outperforms or equals the state-of-the-art methods on the two classical MNER datasets,even when the largemodels employed have significantly fewer parameters than other baselines.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 62471493 and 62402257(for conceptualization and investigation)partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China under Grants ZR2023LZH017,ZR2024MF066,and 2023QF025(for formal analysis and validation)+1 种基金partially supported by the Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Computing Power Network and Information Security,Ministry of Education,Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences)under Grant 2023ZD010(for methodology and model design)partially supported by the Russian Science Foundation(RSF)Project under Grant 22-71-10095-P(for validation and results verification).
文摘To address the challenge of missing modal information in entity alignment and to mitigate information loss or bias arising frommodal heterogeneity during fusion,while also capturing shared information acrossmodalities,this paper proposes a Multi-modal Pre-synergistic Entity Alignmentmodel based on Cross-modalMutual Information Strategy Optimization(MPSEA).The model first employs independent encoders to process multi-modal features,including text,images,and numerical values.Next,a multi-modal pre-synergistic fusion mechanism integrates graph structural and visual modal features into the textual modality as preparatory information.This pre-fusion strategy enables unified perception of heterogeneous modalities at the model’s initial stage,reducing discrepancies during the fusion process.Finally,using cross-modal deep perception reinforcement learning,the model achieves adaptive multilevel feature fusion between modalities,supporting learningmore effective alignment strategies.Extensive experiments on multiple public datasets show that the MPSEA method achieves gains of up to 7% in Hits@1 and 8.2% in MRR on the FBDB15K dataset,and up to 9.1% in Hits@1 and 7.7% in MRR on the FBYG15K dataset,compared to existing state-of-the-art methods.These results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed model.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(Grant No.2023-MSBA-070)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62302086).
文摘Multi-modal fusion technology gradually become a fundamental task in many fields,such as autonomous driving,smart healthcare,sentiment analysis,and human-computer interaction.It is rapidly becoming the dominant research due to its powerful perception and judgment capabilities.Under complex scenes,multi-modal fusion technology utilizes the complementary characteristics of multiple data streams to fuse different data types and achieve more accurate predictions.However,achieving outstanding performance is challenging because of equipment performance limitations,missing information,and data noise.This paper comprehensively reviews existing methods based onmulti-modal fusion techniques and completes a detailed and in-depth analysis.According to the data fusion stage,multi-modal fusion has four primary methods:early fusion,deep fusion,late fusion,and hybrid fusion.The paper surveys the three majormulti-modal fusion technologies that can significantly enhance the effect of data fusion and further explore the applications of multi-modal fusion technology in various fields.Finally,it discusses the challenges and explores potential research opportunities.Multi-modal tasks still need intensive study because of data heterogeneity and quality.Preserving complementary information and eliminating redundant information between modalities is critical in multi-modal technology.Invalid data fusion methods may introduce extra noise and lead to worse results.This paper provides a comprehensive and detailed summary in response to these challenges.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61991413)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M651142)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(2021-KF-12-07)the Natural Science Foundations of Liaoning Province(2023-MS-322).
文摘Fusing hand-based features in multi-modal biometric recognition enhances anti-spoofing capabilities.Additionally,it leverages inter-modal correlation to enhance recognition performance.Concurrently,the robustness and recognition performance of the system can be enhanced through judiciously leveraging the correlation among multimodal features.Nevertheless,two issues persist in multi-modal feature fusion recognition:Firstly,the enhancement of recognition performance in fusion recognition has not comprehensively considered the inter-modality correlations among distinct modalities.Secondly,during modal fusion,improper weight selection diminishes the salience of crucial modal features,thereby diminishing the overall recognition performance.To address these two issues,we introduce an enhanced DenseNet multimodal recognition network founded on feature-level fusion.The information from the three modalities is fused akin to RGB,and the input network augments the correlation between modes through channel correlation.Within the enhanced DenseNet network,the Efficient Channel Attention Network(ECA-Net)dynamically adjusts the weight of each channel to amplify the salience of crucial information in each modal feature.Depthwise separable convolution markedly reduces the training parameters and further enhances the feature correlation.Experimental evaluations were conducted on four multimodal databases,comprising six unimodal databases,including multispectral palmprint and palm vein databases from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The Equal Error Rates(EER)values were 0.0149%,0.0150%,0.0099%,and 0.0050%,correspondingly.In comparison to other network methods for palmprint,palm vein,and finger vein fusion recognition,this approach substantially enhances recognition performance,rendering it suitable for high-security environments with practical applicability.The experiments in this article utilized amodest sample database comprising 200 individuals.The subsequent phase involves preparing for the extension of the method to larger databases.
基金Project(2023JH26-10100002)supported by the Liaoning Science and Technology Major Project,ChinaProjects(U21A20117,52074085)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(2022JH2/101300008)supported by the Liaoning Applied Basic Research Program Project,ChinaProject(22567612H)supported by the Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory Performance Subsidy Project,China。
文摘Mill vibration is a common problem in rolling production,which directly affects the thickness accuracy of the strip and may even lead to strip fracture accidents in serious cases.The existing vibration prediction models do not consider the features contained in the data,resulting in limited improvement of model accuracy.To address these challenges,this paper proposes a multi-dimensional multi-modal cold rolling vibration time series prediction model(MDMMVPM)based on the deep fusion of multi-level networks.In the model,the long-term and short-term modal features of multi-dimensional data are considered,and the appropriate prediction algorithms are selected for different data features.Based on the established prediction model,the effects of tension and rolling force on mill vibration are analyzed.Taking the 5th stand of a cold mill in a steel mill as the research object,the innovative model is applied to predict the mill vibration for the first time.The experimental results show that the correlation coefficient(R^(2))of the model proposed in this paper is 92.5%,and the root-mean-square error(RMSE)is 0.0011,which significantly improves the modeling accuracy compared with the existing models.The proposed model is also suitable for the hot rolling process,which provides a new method for the prediction of strip rolling vibration.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,grant number 61302188.
文摘Multimodal medical image fusion can help physicians provide more accurate treatment plans for patients, as unimodal images provide limited valid information. To address the insufficient ability of traditional medical image fusion solutions to protect image details and significant information, a new multimodality medical image fusion method(NSST-PAPCNNLatLRR) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the high and low-frequency sub-band coefficients are obtained by decomposing the source image using NSST. Then, the latent low-rank representation algorithm is used to process the low-frequency sub-band coefficients;An improved PAPCNN algorithm is also proposed for the fusion of high-frequency sub-band coefficients. The improved PAPCNN model was based on the automatic setting of the parameters, and the optimal method was configured for the time decay factor αe. The experimental results show that, in comparison with the five mainstream fusion algorithms, the new algorithm has significantly improved the visual effect over the comparison algorithm,enhanced the ability to characterize important information in images, and further improved the ability to protect the detailed information;the new algorithm has achieved at least four firsts in six objective indexes.
基金supported by the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies at King Khalid University under Small Research Project grant number RGP1/139/45.
文摘Integrating multiple medical imaging techniques,including Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI),Computed Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography(PET),and ultrasound,provides a comprehensive view of the patient health status.Each of these methods contributes unique diagnostic insights,enhancing the overall assessment of patient condition.Nevertheless,the amalgamation of data from multiple modalities presents difficulties due to disparities in resolution,data collection methods,and noise levels.While traditional models like Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs)excel in single-modality tasks,they struggle to handle multi-modal complexities,lacking the capacity to model global relationships.This research presents a novel approach for examining multi-modal medical imagery using a transformer-based system.The framework employs self-attention and cross-attention mechanisms to synchronize and integrate features across various modalities.Additionally,it shows resilience to variations in noise and image quality,making it adaptable for real-time clinical use.To address the computational hurdles linked to transformer models,particularly in real-time clinical applications in resource-constrained environments,several optimization techniques have been integrated to boost scalability and efficiency.Initially,a streamlined transformer architecture was adopted to minimize the computational load while maintaining model effectiveness.Methods such as model pruning,quantization,and knowledge distillation have been applied to reduce the parameter count and enhance the inference speed.Furthermore,efficient attention mechanisms such as linear or sparse attention were employed to alleviate the substantial memory and processing requirements of traditional self-attention operations.For further deployment optimization,researchers have implemented hardware-aware acceleration strategies,including the use of TensorRT and ONNX-based model compression,to ensure efficient execution on edge devices.These optimizations allow the approach to function effectively in real-time clinical settings,ensuring viability even in environments with limited resources.Future research directions include integrating non-imaging data to facilitate personalized treatment and enhancing computational efficiency for implementation in resource-limited environments.This study highlights the transformative potential of transformer models in multi-modal medical imaging,offering improvements in diagnostic accuracy and patient care outcomes.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61472256,61170277)the Hujiang Foundation(No.A14006).
文摘The primary objective of Chinese spelling correction(CSC)is to detect and correct erroneous characters in Chinese text,which can result from various factors,such as inaccuracies in pinyin representation,character resemblance,and semantic discrepancies.However,existing methods often struggle to fully address these types of errors,impacting the overall correction accuracy.This paper introduces a multi-modal feature encoder designed to efficiently extract features from three distinct modalities:pinyin,semantics,and character morphology.Unlike previous methods that rely on direct fusion or fixed-weight summation to integrate multi-modal information,our approach employs a multi-head attention mechanism to focuse more on relevant modal information while dis-regarding less pertinent data.To prevent issues such as gradient explosion or vanishing,the model incorporates a residual connection of the original text vector for fine-tuning.This approach ensures robust model performance by maintaining essential linguistic details throughout the correction process.Experimental evaluations on the SIGHAN benchmark dataset demonstrate that the pro-posed model outperforms baseline approaches across various metrics and datasets,confirming its effectiveness and feasibility.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFC3004104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U2342204)+4 种基金the Innovation and Development Program of the China Meteorological Administration(Grant No.CXFZ2024J001)the Open Research Project of the Key Open Laboratory of Hydrology and Meteorology of the China Meteorological Administration(Grant No.23SWQXZ010)the Science and Technology Plan Project of Zhejiang Province(Grant No.2022C03150)the Open Research Fund Project of Anyang National Climate Observatory(Grant No.AYNCOF202401)the Open Bidding for Selecting the Best Candidates Program(Grant No.CMAJBGS202318)。
文摘Thunderstorm wind gusts are small in scale,typically occurring within a range of a few kilometers.It is extremely challenging to monitor and forecast thunderstorm wind gusts using only automatic weather stations.Therefore,it is necessary to establish thunderstorm wind gust identification techniques based on multisource high-resolution observations.This paper introduces a new algorithm,called thunderstorm wind gust identification network(TGNet).It leverages multimodal feature fusion to fuse the temporal and spatial features of thunderstorm wind gust events.The shapelet transform is first used to extract the temporal features of wind speeds from automatic weather stations,which is aimed at distinguishing thunderstorm wind gusts from those caused by synoptic-scale systems or typhoons.Then,the encoder,structured upon the U-shaped network(U-Net)and incorporating recurrent residual convolutional blocks(R2U-Net),is employed to extract the corresponding spatial convective characteristics of satellite,radar,and lightning observations.Finally,by using the multimodal deep fusion module based on multi-head cross-attention,the temporal features of wind speed at each automatic weather station are incorporated into the spatial features to obtain 10-minutely classification of thunderstorm wind gusts.TGNet products have high accuracy,with a critical success index reaching 0.77.Compared with those of U-Net and R2U-Net,the false alarm rate of TGNet products decreases by 31.28%and 24.15%,respectively.The new algorithm provides grid products of thunderstorm wind gusts with a spatial resolution of 0.01°,updated every 10minutes.The results are finer and more accurate,thereby helping to improve the accuracy of operational warnings for thunderstorm wind gusts.
基金funded by Research Project,grant number BHQ090003000X03。
文摘Multi-modal knowledge graph completion(MMKGC)aims to complete missing entities or relations in multi-modal knowledge graphs,thereby discovering more previously unknown triples.Due to the continuous growth of data and knowledge and the limitations of data sources,the visual knowledge within the knowledge graphs is generally of low quality,and some entities suffer from the issue of missing visual modality.Nevertheless,previous studies of MMKGC have primarily focused on how to facilitate modality interaction and fusion while neglecting the problems of low modality quality and modality missing.In this case,mainstream MMKGC models only use pre-trained visual encoders to extract features and transfer the semantic information to the joint embeddings through modal fusion,which inevitably suffers from problems such as error propagation and increased uncertainty.To address these problems,we propose a Multi-modal knowledge graph Completion model based on Super-resolution and Detailed Description Generation(MMCSD).Specifically,we leverage a pre-trained residual network to enhance the resolution and improve the quality of the visual modality.Moreover,we design multi-level visual semantic extraction and entity description generation,thereby further extracting entity semantics from structural triples and visual images.Meanwhile,we train a variational multi-modal auto-encoder and utilize a pre-trained multi-modal language model to complement the missing visual features.We conducted experiments on FB15K-237 and DB13K,and the results showed that MMCSD can effectively perform MMKGC and achieve state-of-the-art performance.
文摘In the article“A Lightweight Approach for Skin Lesion Detection through Optimal Features Fusion”by Khadija Manzoor,Fiaz Majeed,Ansar Siddique,Talha Meraj,Hafiz Tayyab Rauf,Mohammed A.El-Meligy,Mohamed Sharaf,Abd Elatty E.Abd Elgawad Computers,Materials&Continua,2022,Vol.70,No.1,pp.1617–1630.DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018621,URL:https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v70n1/44361,there was an error regarding the affiliation for the author Hafiz Tayyab Rauf.Instead of“Centre for Smart Systems,AI and Cybersecurity,Staffordshire University,Stoke-on-Trent,UK”,the affiliation should be“Independent Researcher,Bradford,BD80HS,UK”.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52275395,51935014,and 82072084)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(No.2023RC3046)+4 种基金the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program byCAST(No.2020QNRC002)the NationalKeyResearchand Development Program of China(No.2023YFB4605800)the Central South University Innovation-Driven Research Programme(No.2023CXQD023)the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20224ACB204013)the Project of State Key Laboratory of Precision Manufacturing for Extreme Service Performance,Central South University.
文摘Magnetostrictive Fe-Ga alloys have captivated substantial focus in biomedical applications because of their exceptional transition efficiency and favorable cytocompatibility.Nevertheless,Fe-Ga alloys always exhibit frustrating magnetostriction coefficients when presented in bulk dimensions.It is well-established that the magnetostrictive performance of Fe-Ga alloys is intimately linked to their phase and crystal structures.In this study,various concentrations of boron(B)were doped into Fe_(81)Ga_(19) alloys via the laser-beam powder bed fusion(LPBF)technique to tailor the crystal and phase structures,thereby improving the magnetostrictive performance.The results revealed the capacity for quick solidification of the LPBF process in expediting the solid solution of B element,which increased both lattice distortion and dislocations within the Fe-Ga matrix.These factors contributed to an elevation in the density of the modified-D0_(3) phase structure.Moreover,the prepared Fe-Ga-B alloys also exhibited a(001)preferred grain orientation caused by the high thermal gradients during the LPBF process.As a result,a maximum magnetostriction coefficient of 105 ppm was achieved in the(Fe_(81)Ga_(19))_(98.5)B_(1.5) alloy.In alternating magnetic fields,all the LPBF-prepared alloys showed good dynamic magnetostriction response without visible hysteresis,while the(Fe_(81)Ga_(19))_(98.5)B_(1.5) alloy presented a notable enhancement of~30%in magnetostriction coefficient when compared with the Fe_(81)Ga_(19) alloy.Moreover.the(Fe_(81)Ga_(19))_(98.5)B_(1.5) alloy exhibited favorable biocompatibility and osteogenesis,as confirmed by increased alkaline phosphatase(ALP)activity and the formation of mineralized nodules.These findings suggest that the B-doped Fe-Ga alloys combined with the LPBF technique hold promise for the development of bulk magnetostrictive alloys that are applicable for bone repair applications.
基金Chongqing Engineering University Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program Project:Wireless Fire Automatic Alarm System(Project No.:CXCY2024017)Chongqing Municipal Education Commission Science and Technology Research Project:Development and Research of Chongqing Wireless Fire Automatic Alarm System(Project No.:KJQN202401906)。
文摘This article explores the design of a wireless fire alarm system supported by advanced data fusion technology.It includes discussions on the basic design ideas of the wireless fire alarm system,hardware design analysis,software design analysis,and simulation analysis,all supported by data fusion technology.Hopefully,this analysis can provide some reference for the rational application of data fusion technology to meet the actual design and application requirements of the system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52205140,52175129)the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant No.2023JJ20041)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(2023RC3241).
文摘This work investigated the anisotropy tensile properties of Inconel 625 alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) under various tests temperature, focusing the anisotropy evolution during the high temperature. The microstructure contained columnar grains with (111) texture in the vertical plane (90° sample), while a large equiaxed grain with (100) texture was produced in the horizontal plane (0° sample). As for 45° sample, a large number of equiaxed grains and a few columnar grains with (111) texture can be observed. The sample produced at a 0° orientation demonstrates the highest tensile strength, whereas the 90° sample exhibits the greatest elongation. Conversely, the 45° sample displays the least favorable overall performance. As the tests temperature increased from room temperature to 600℃, the anisotropy rate of ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and ductility between 0° and 45° samples, decreased from 8.98 to 6.96%, 2.36 to 1.28%, 19.93 to 12.23%, as well as between 0° and 90° samples decreased from 4.87 to 4.03%, 11.88 to 7.21% and 14.11 to 6.89%, respectively, because of the recovery of oriented columnar grains.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No.2022YFF0503700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42074196, 41925018)
文摘Solar flare prediction is an important subject in the field of space weather.Deep learning technology has greatly promoted the development of this subject.In this study,we propose a novel solar flare forecasting model integrating Deep Residual Network(ResNet)and Support Vector Machine(SVM)for both≥C-class(C,M,and X classes)and≥M-class(M and X classes)flares.We collected samples of magnetograms from May 1,2010 to September 13,2018 from Space-weather Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager(HMI)Active Region Patches and then used a cross-validation method to obtain seven independent data sets.We then utilized five metrics to evaluate our fusion model,based on intermediate-output extracted by ResNet and SVM using the Gaussian kernel function.Our results show that the primary metric true skill statistics(TSS)achieves a value of 0.708±0.027 for≥C-class prediction,and of 0.758±0.042 for≥M-class prediction;these values indicate that our approach performs significantly better than those of previous studies.The metrics of our fusion model’s performance on the seven datasets indicate that the model is quite stable and robust,suggesting that fusion models that integrate an excellent baseline network with SVM can achieve improved performance in solar flare prediction.Besides,we also discuss the performance impact of architectural innovation in our fusion model.
