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Joint Decision Tree and Visual Feature Rate Control Optimization for VVC UHD Coding by Zhou, Mingliang, Wei, Xuekai, Jia, Weijia, Kwong, Sam

“…In this paper, a joint decision tree and visual feature optimization rate control scheme for ultrahigh-definition (UHD) versatile video coding (VVC) is…”
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Vehicular Abandoned Object Detection Based on VANET and Edge AI in Road Scenes by Wang, Gang, Zhou, Mingliang, Wei, Xuekai, Yang, Guang

“…Rapid processing of abandoned objects is one of the most important tasks in road maintenance. Abandoned object detection heavily relies on traditional object…”
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Toward Low-Latency and High-Quality Adaptive 360[Formula Omitted] Streaming by Xuekai Wei, Zhou, Mingliang, Jia, Weijia

“…Advanced 360[Formula Omitted] video streaming is essential for high-quality communication and industrial video applications, supporting novel and interactive…”
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Minimax Concave Penalty Regression for Superresolution Image Reconstruction by Liao, Xingran, Wei, Xuekai, Zhou, Mingliang

“…Fast and robust superresolution image reconstruction techniques can be beneficial in improving the safety and reliability of various consumer electronics…”
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Contrastive distortion‐level learning‐based no‐reference image‐quality assessment by Wei, Xuekai, Li, Jing, Zhou, Mingliang, Wang, Xianmin

“…A contrastive distortion‐level learning‐based no‐reference image‐quality assessment (NR‐IQA) framework is proposed in this study to further effectively model…”
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Full-Reference Image Quality Assessment: Addressing Content Misalignment Issue by Comparing Order Statistics of Deep Features by Liao, Xingran, Wei, Xuekai, Zhou, Mingliang, Kwong, Sam

“…This letter aims to develop advanced full-reference image quality assessment (FR-IQA) models to evaluate content-misaligned image pairs, which are commonly…”
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Just Noticeable Distortion-Based Perceptual Rate Control in HEVC by Zhou, Mingliang, Wei, Xuekai, Kwong, Sam, Jia, Weijia, Fang, Bin

“…In this paper, we propose a just noticeable distortion (JND)-based perceptual rate control method for high efficiency video coding (HEVC). First, the JND…”
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Low-Light Enhancement Method Based on a Retinex Model for Structure Preservation by Zhou, Mingliang, Wu, Xingtai, Wei, Xuekai, Xiang, Tao, Fang, Bin, Kwong, Sam

“…Enhancing low-light image visibility is a critical task in computer vision since it helps to improve input for high-level algorithms. High-quality images…”
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Recent Advances in Rate Control: From Optimisation to Implementation and Beyond by Wei, Xuekai, Zhou, Mingliang, Wang, Heqiang, Yang, Haoyan, Chen, Lei, Kwong, Sam

“…Video coding is a video compression technique that compresses the original video sequence to produce a smaller archive file or reduce the transmission…”
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Image Quality Assessment: Measuring Perceptual Degradation via Distribution Measures in Deep Feature Spaces by Liao, Xingran, Wei, Xuekai, Zhou, Mingliang, Li, Zhengguo, Kwong, Sam

“…This study aims to develop advanced and training-free full-reference image quality assessment (FR-IQA) models based on deep neural networks. Specifically, we…”
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Rate Control Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Video Sequences in HEVC by Zhou, Mingliang, Wei, Xuekai, Kwong, Sam, Jia, Weijia, Fang, Bin

“…Rate control (RC) plays a critical role in the transmission of high-quality video data under certain bandwidth restrictions in High Efficiency Video Coding…”
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Fungal Endophyte Improves Survival of Lolium perenne in Low Fertility Soils by Increasing Root Growth, Metabolic Activity and Absorption of Nutrients by Chen, Zhenjiang, Jin, Yuanyuan, Yao, Xiang, Chen, Taixiang, Wei, Xuekai, Li, Chunjie, White, James F., Nan, Zhibiao

“…Background and aims Low nutrient soil is a major limiting factor for normal growth and high yield of plants. Epichloë endophyte infection has been shown to…”
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An End-to-End Blind Image Quality Assessment Method Using a Recurrent Network and Self-Attention by Zhou, Mingliang, Lan, Xuting, Wei, Xuekai, Liao, Xingran, Mao, Qin, Li, Yutong, Wu, Chao, Xiang, Tao, Fang, Bin

“…In this paper, we propose a blind image quality assessment (BIQA) method using self-attention and a recurrent neural network (RNN); this approach can…”
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Optimum Quality Control Algorithm for Versatile Video Coding by Zhou, Mingliang, Wei, Xuekai, Ji, Cheng, Xiang, Tao, Fang, Bin

“…We propose a quality control method that replaces rate control in video coding and achieves quality control with the minimum bit rate. First, based on the…”
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An Ensemble Rate Adaptation Framework for Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP by Yuan, Hui, Hu, Xiaoqian, Hou, Junhui, Wei, Xuekai, Kwong, Sam

“…Rate adaptation is one of the most important issues in dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH). Due to the frequent fluctuations of the network bandwidth…”
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Spatial and Temporal Consistency-Aware Dynamic Adaptive Streaming for 360-Degree Videos by Yuan, Hui, Zhao, Shiyun, Hou, Junhui, Wei, Xuekai, Kwong, Sam

“…The 360-degree video allows users to enjoy the whole scene by interactively switching viewports. However, the huge data volume of the 360-degree video limits…”
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Regulation of mineral elements in Hordeum brevisubulatum by Epichloë bromicola under Cd stress by Zhai, Yurun, Chen, Zhenjiang, Malik, Kamran, Wei, Xuekai, Li, Chunjie, Chen, Taixiang

“…In this study, wild barley (Hordeum brevisubulatum) infected (E+) and uninfected (E-) by Epichloë bromicola were used for hydroponic experiments during the…”
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Perception-Oriented U-Shaped Transformer Network for 360-Degree No-Reference Image Quality Assessment by Zhou, Mingliang, Chen, Lei, Wei, Xuekai, Liao, Xingran, Mao, Qin, Wang, Heqiang, Pu, Huayan, Luo, Jun, Xiang, Tao, Fang, Bin

“…Generally, 360-degree images have absolute senses of reality and three-dimensionality, providing a wide range of immersive interactions. Due to the novel…”
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SSIM-Based Global Optimization for CTU-Level Rate Control in HEVC by Zhou, Mingliang, Wei, Xuekai, Wang, Shiqi, Kwong, Sam, Fong, Chi-Keung, Wong, Peter H. W., Yuen, Wilson Y. F., Gao, Wei

“…In this paper, we propose a coding tree unit (CTU)-level rate control scheme from the perspective of SSIM-based rate-distortion optimization to improve the…”
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Deep Dual-Stream Convolutional Neural Networks for Cardiac Image Semantic Segmentation by Hu, Hengqi, Fang, Bin, Ran, Yuting, Wei, Xuekai, Xian, Weizhi, Zhou, Mingliang, Kwong, Sam

“…Cardiac image segmentation is essential when applying biomedical informatics to improve industrial healthcare applications. To extract context and detailed…”
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