arXiv Computer Vision

Accurate Reconstruction of Gas Turbine Blade Geometry Using 3D/2D Rigid Registration and CT View Optimization

This study introduces a multipart 3D‑2D rigid registration method that aligns CAD models of gas turbine blades with X‑ray projections, offering an alternative to traditional CT reconstruction for inspecting complex internal structures. The greedy registration algorithm first aligns the blade’s exterior, then its internal components by maximizing mutual information, while a separate greedy approach optimizes view angles to minimize dimensional measurement errors. The method achieves sub‑pixel registration accuracy, with errors below one‑fifth of the magnified detector‑pixel pitch, and remains robust to image noise and defects when appropriate view selection is applied.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 17

XCT-SAM: Sequential Parameter-Efficient Domain Adaptation of SAM for Industrial XCT Defect Segmentation

arXiv:2607. 14287v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Defect segmentation in additive manufacturing (AM) X-ray computed tomography (XCT) images remains challenging due to severe class imbalance and large distribution shifts across scan conditions.

By Md Mahedi Hasan, Md Mushfiqur Rahaman, Alan Pachkovskiy, Imtiaz Ahmed, Jeremy Dawson, Srinjoy Das
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 7

MAC-XA: Multi-view Anatomy-Correspondence Fusion for Coronary Stenosis Reporting from X-ray Angiography

Multi-view reasoning in coronary X-ray angiography is inherently a cross-projection geometric problem, yet automated report generation in this setting remains largely unexplored. The 3D vascular topology leads to projection-dependent branch overlap and foreshortening, rendering single-view modeling fundamentally incomplete and unstable for lesion localization and stenosis grading.

Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 2

X-Splat: Gaussian Splatting for 3D CBCT Generation from Single Panoramic Radiograph

Generating a 3D dental volume from a single panoramic radiograph (PXR) could provide a low-radiation alternative to Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), but the problem is highly underdetermined: panoramic acquisition integrates 3D attenuation along curved X-ray paths into a 2D image, leaving depth-resolved anatomy unobserved. Existing implicit and generative approaches often produce oversmoothed geometry or anatomically inconsistent hallucinations, lacking geometry-driven supervision and relying on smooth representations unable to precisely localize sharp anatomical boundaries.

arXiv AI
Aug 19

Learning Where and What to Lift for Bi-planar X-ray-to-CT Reconstruction

The paper introduces LiftXR, a geometry‑guided framework that first reconstructs a 3D anatomical layout from bi‑planar X‑ray images and then uses this layout to guide CT volume reconstruction. An anatomical parser refines the layout by analyzing the reconstructed CT, enabling region‑specific intensity calibration. Experiments on two public datasets show LiftXR surpasses recent X‑ray‑to‑CT methods and improves downstream segmentation performance.

By Yifei Wu, Yicheng Wu, Qiang Ma, Qi Chen, Renyang Gu, Xinyu Liu, Yongsheng Pan, Yong Xia
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 13

Splat-based Metal Artifact Reduction in Cone-Beam CT via Polychromatic Modeling

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) enables volumetric reconstruction from X-ray projections, but suffers from severe artifacts--especially beam hardening--when imaging materials with high attenuation such as metals. These artifacts arise from the polychromatic nature of X-rays and are not properly addressed by conventional monochromatic reconstruction algorithms.

arXiv Computer Vision
1d ago

Robust Online Aero-Engine Blade Defect Detection via Dual-Alignment Test-Time Adaptation

The paper introduces the Aero-engine Blade Defect Detector (ABDD), an online adaptive detection framework that uses test-time adaptation to handle domain shifts in aero-engine blade inspection. ABDD employs a Dual-Alignment Strategy combining feature-statistics alignment with pseudo-box alignment to adapt both global visual style and local defect morphology, and incorporates an Uncertainty-aware Box Filtering mechanism to mitigate errors from noisy pseudo labels. A lightweight Sparse Dilated Mona module enables efficient parameter tuning while preventing source-domain forgetting, and the method is validated on CD-AeBD and HD-AeBD datasets, showing improved robustness and practical applicability on an industrial inspection platform.

By Zhaoyang Wang, Haiyong Chen, Dongying Li, Yining Wang, Huapeng Wu, Xinwei Lv, Atik Shahariar
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 25

FaCT-GS: Fast and Scalable CT Reconstruction with Gaussian Splatting

FaCT-GS is a new framework that accelerates Gaussian Splatting (GS) for X‑ray Computed Tomography (CT) reconstruction. By optimizing voxelization and rasterization pipelines, it achieves speeds more than four times faster than the current state‑of‑the‑art GS methods on 512×512 projections and over thirteen times faster on 2k projections. The improved voxelization also allows quick fitting of Gaussians to existing volumes, providing a compressed representation or a warm‑start prior for reconstruction.

By Pawel Tomasz Pieta, Rasmus Juul Pedersen, Sina Borgi, Jakob Sauer J{\o}rgensen, Jens Wenzel Andreasen, Vedrana Andersen Dahl
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

Integrated Laser Scanning and Image-Based Topology Optimization Techniques for Detection and Quantification of Visible and Subsurface Structural Defects

The paper introduces two non‑contact, vision‑based methods for detecting and quantifying structural defects in steel components. The first method uses high‑resolution laser scanning to create 3D point clouds, comparing measured and reference data to locate surface damage, measure geometric loss, and map defect geometry into finite element models. The second method combines full‑field surface deformation data from 3D digital image correlation with finite element model updating and topology optimization to infer subsurface defects from their effect on structural response. Experimental validation on steel‑beam specimens with controlled defects shows both approaches can accurately identify and quantify defect geometry, offering complementary insights for visible and subsurface damage assessment.

By Mehrdad Shafiei Dizaji, Devin Harris