Signals, Volume 5, Issue 4

This study proposes a comprehensive framework for the segmentation and identification of vertebrae in CT scans using a combination of deep learning and traditional machine learning techniques. The Res U-Net architecture is employed to achieve a high...

Many natural signals exhibit quasi-periodic behaviors and are conveniently modeled as combinations of several harmonic sinusoids whose relative frequencies, magnitudes, and phases vary with time. The waveform shapes of those signals reflect important...

Accurate knowledge of the flow rate is essential for hydraulic systems, enabling the calculation of hydraulic power when combined with pressure measurements. These data are crucial for applications such as predictive maintenance. However, most flow r...

Practical applications of compressed sensing often restrict the choice of its two main ingredients. They may (i) prescribe the use of particular redundant dictionaries for certain classes of signals to become sparsely represented or (ii) dictate spec...

In this paper, we demonstrate the realistic test of a 2.4 GHz multi-hop wireless network for mountainous forest and watercourse environments. A multi-hop network using IEEE 802.15.4 XBee3 micro-modules and a communication protocol among nodes were de...

Our long journey on the road of telecommunications is continuously evolving. We have experienced several technological changes, modernizations, optimizations, and various mergers in the past decades. Virtualization and ‘cloudification’ of...

Change detection in biomedical signals is crucial for understanding physiological processes and diagnosing medical conditions. This study evaluates various change detection methods, focusing on synthetic signals that mimic real-world scenarios. We ex...

Neural networks have inductive biases owing to the assumptions associated with the selected learning algorithm, datasets, and network structure. Specifically, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are known for their tendency to exhibit textural biase...

This paper presents a methodology for rectifying curved text lines, a crucial process in optical character recognition (OCR) and computer vision. Utilizing generalized additive models (GAMs), the proposed method accurately estimates text curvature an...

Polysomnography (PSG) measures brain activity during sleep via electroencephalography (EEG) using six leads. Artifacts caused by movement or loose leads distort EEG measurements. We developed a method to automatically identify such artifacts in a PSG...

Reliable streamflow forecasting is crucial for several tasks related to water-resource management, including planning reservoir operations, power generation via Hydroelectric Power Plants (HPPs), and flood mitigation, thus resulting in relevant socia...

Switch points are a specific kind of cue point that DJs carefully look for when mixing music tracks. As the name says, a switch point is the point in time where the current track in a DJ mix is replaced by the upcoming track. Being able to identify t...

There is a growing need to facilitate the production of recorded music as independent musicians are now key in preserving the broader cultural roles of music. A critical component of the production of music is multitrack mixing, a time-consuming task...