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| author | Das, Kaustav Rauchs, Gaston Sykora, Jan Kucerova, Anna |
| author_facet | Das, Kaustav Rauchs, Gaston Sykora, Jan Kucerova, Anna |
| contents | This work tests a self-annotation-based unsupervised methodology for training a convolutional neural network (CNN) model for semantic segmentation of X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of concretes. Concrete poses a unique challenge for XCT imaging due to similar X-ray attenuation coefficients of aggregates and mortar, resulting in low-contrast between the two phases in the ensuing images. While CNN-based models are a proven technique for semantic segmentation in such challenging cases, they typically require labeled training data, which is often unavailable for new datasets or are costly to obtain. To counter that limitation, a self-annotation technique is used here which leverages superpixel algorithms to identify perceptually similar local regions in an image and relates them to the global context in the image by utilizing the receptive field of a CNN-based model. This enables the model to learn a global-local relationship in the images and enables identification of semantically similar structures. We therefore present the performance of the unsupervised training methodology on our XCT datasets and discuss potential avenues for further improvements. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Segmenting Low-Contrast XCTs of Concretes: An Unsupervised Approach Das, Kaustav Rauchs, Gaston Sykora, Jan Kucerova, Anna Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition This work tests a self-annotation-based unsupervised methodology for training a convolutional neural network (CNN) model for semantic segmentation of X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of concretes. Concrete poses a unique challenge for XCT imaging due to similar X-ray attenuation coefficients of aggregates and mortar, resulting in low-contrast between the two phases in the ensuing images. While CNN-based models are a proven technique for semantic segmentation in such challenging cases, they typically require labeled training data, which is often unavailable for new datasets or are costly to obtain. To counter that limitation, a self-annotation technique is used here which leverages superpixel algorithms to identify perceptually similar local regions in an image and relates them to the global context in the image by utilizing the receptive field of a CNN-based model. This enables the model to learn a global-local relationship in the images and enables identification of semantically similar structures. We therefore present the performance of the unsupervised training methodology on our XCT datasets and discuss potential avenues for further improvements. |
| title | Segmenting Low-Contrast XCTs of Concretes: An Unsupervised Approach |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00127 |