Fourth International Conference on Image Processing and Capsule Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Modern Challenges and Limitations in Medical Science Using Capsule Networks: A Comprehensive Review

   • Milind Shah, Nikunj Bhavsar, Kinjal Patel, Kinjal Gautam, Mayur Chauhan

   Pages 1-25

3. Studies on Movie Soundtracks Over the Last Five Years

   • Sofía Alessandra Villar-Quispe, Adriana Margarita Turriate-Guzman

   Pages 27-37

4. Blind Source Separation of EEG Signals Using Wavelet and EMD Decomposition

   • H. Massar, M. Miyara, B. Nsiri, T. Belhoussine Drissi

   Pages 39-56

5. Image Extraction Approaches for Density Count Measurement in Obstruction Renography Using Radiotracer 99mTc-DTPA

   • Pradnya N. Gokhale, Babasaheb R. Patil, Sameer Joshi

   Pages 57-71

6. Deep Short-Term Long Memory Technique for Respiratory Lung Disease Prediction

   • B. Dhiyanesh, Y. Baby Kalpana, S. Rajkumar, P. Saraswathi, R. Radha, S. Suresh

   Pages 73-88

7. Utilizing Satellite Imagery for Flood Monitoring in Urban Regions

   • Priyanka Sakpal, Shashank Bhosagi, Kaveri Pawar, Prathamesh Patil, Pratham Ghatkar

   Pages 89-114

8. Optimizing Permutations in Biclustering Algorithms

   • Aditya Shreeram, Tanmayee Samantaray, Cota Navin Gupta

   Pages 115-129

9. Extracting Graphs from Plant Leaf Venations Using Image Processing

   • Ashlyn Kim D. Balangcod, Jaderick P. Pabico

   Pages 131-143

10. Multispectral Fusion of Multisensor Image Data Using PCNN for Performance Evaluation in Sensor Networks

    • S. Dharini, Sanjay Jain

    Pages 145-156

11. U-Net-Based Segmentation of Coronary Arteries in Invasive Coronary Angiography

    • A. Azeroual, Y. El Ouahabi, W. Dhafer, M. H. El yousfi Alaoui, B. Nsiri, A. Soulaymani

    Pages 157-167

12. Change Detection for Multispectral Remote Sensing Images Using Deep Learning

    • M. Lasya, Radhesyam Vaddi, S. K. Shabeer

    Pages 169-179

13. Explainable AI for Black Sigatoka Detection

    • Yiga Gilbert, Emmy William Kayanja, Joshua Edward Kalungi, Jonah Mubuuke Kyagaba, Ggaliwango Marvin

    Pages 181-196

14. Modified U-Net and CRF for Image Segmentation of Crop Images

    • Shantanu Chakraborty, Rushikesh Sanap, Muddayya Swami, V. Z. Attar

    Pages 197-211

15. Securing Data in the Cloud: The Application of Fuzzy Identity Biometric Encryption for Enhanced Privacy and Authentication

    • Chandrasekar Venkatachalam, K. Manivannan, Shanmugavalli Venkatachalam

    Pages 213-224

16. Quantum Convolutional Neural Network for Agricultural Mechanization and Plant Disease Detection

    • Musa Genemo

    Pages 225-237

17. Innovative Method for Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks

    • Md. Sajid Anam Ifti, Md. Redwan Ahmed, S. M. Arafat Rahman, Sheikh Shemanto Afridi, Sanjeda Sara Jennifer, Ahmed Wasif Reza

    Pages 239-252

18. Segmentation of White Matter Lesions in MRI Images Using Optimization-Based Deep Neural Network

    • Puranam Revanth Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Jha, P. Akhendra Kumar

    Pages 253-267

19. A New Multi-level Hazy Image and Video Dataset for Benchmark of Dehazing Methods

    • Bedrettin Çetinkaya, Yücel Çimtay, Fatma Nazli Günay, Gökçe Nur Yılmaz

    Pages 269-280

20. Creative AI Using DeepDream

    • Rakhi Bhardwaj, Tanmay Kadam, Shubham Waghule, Sahil Shendurkar, Bhakti Sarag

    Pages 281-296

This book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Image Processing and Capsule Networks (ICIPCN 2023), which is held in Bangkok, Thailand, during 10–11 August 2023. This book provides a collection of the state-of-the-art research attempts to tackle the challenges in image and signal processing from various novel and potential research perspectives. The book investigates feature extraction techniques, image enhancement methods, reconstruction models, object detection methods, recommendation models, deep and temporal feature analysis, intelligent decision support systems, and autonomous image detection models. In addition to this, the book also looks into the potential opportunities to monitor and control the global pandemic situations.

• Image Processing
• Capsule Networks
• Artificial Neural Networks
• Neuro-fuzzy control
• Genetic Algorithms
• Evolutionary Computation
• Biomedical Engineering
• Machine Learning
• Proceedings of ICIPCN 2023

• Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur, Nepal

  Subarna Shakya

• Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  João Manuel R. S. Tavares

• Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

  Antonio Fernández-Caballero

• Department of Computer Science, International Hellenic University, Kavala, Greece

  George Papakostas

Dr. Prof. Subarna Shakya is currently a professor of Computer Engineering, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Central Campus, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk, Tribhuvan University, Coordinator (IOE), LEADER Project (Links in Europe and Asia for Engineering, eDucation, Enterprise, and Research Exchanges), ERASMUS MUNDUS. He received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, 1996 and 2000. respectively. His research area includes e-government system, computer systems and simulation, distributed  and cloud computing,  software engineering and information system, computer architecture, information security for e-government, and multimedia system.


João Manuel R. S. Tavares graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Universidade do Porto, Portugal, in 1992. He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade do Porto in 1995 and 2001 and attained his Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He is a senior researcher at the Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI) and an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec) of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP).João Tavares is a co-editor of more than 55 books and co-author of more than 50 book chapters, 650 articles in international and national journals and conferences, and 3 international and 3 national patents. He has been a committee member of several international and national journals and conferences, is co-founder and co-editor of the book series “Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics” published by Springer, founder and editor-in-chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization” published by Taylor & Francis, editor-in-chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering” published by Taylor & Francis, and co-founder and co-chair of the international conference series: CompIMAGE, ECCOMAS VipIMAGE, ICCEBS and BioDental. Additionally, he has been a (co-)supervisor of several M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis and supervisor of several post-doc projects and has participated in many scientific projects both as researcher and as scientific coordinator. 



Antonio Fernández-Caballero received his Master in Computer Science from the School of Computer Science at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain, and he received his Ph.D. from the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the National University for Distance Education, Spain. He is a full professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain. His interests enforce him to be part of the membership in National Society Networks AERFAI (Spanish Association of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis), RTNAC (National Natural and Artificial Computation Network), RedAF (Physical Agents Network), AIPO (Association of Human–Computer Interaction) and Spanish Technology Platform on Robotics (Hisparob) and European networks euCognition (The European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems), and SIMILAR (The European taskforce Creating human–machine interfaces SIMILAR to human–human communication).

George A. Papakostas received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering in 1999 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering in 2002 and 2007, respectively, from the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece. From 2007 to 2010, he served as an adjunct lecturer with the Department of Production Engineering and Management, DUTH. He currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor with the Department of Computer and Informatics Engineering, Technological Educational Institution, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. In 2012, he was elected as a full professor in the aforementioned Department of Computer and Informatics Engineering. He has co-authored more than 70 publications in indexed journals, international conferences, and book chapters. His research interests include pattern recognition, computer/machine vision, computational intelligence, machine learning, feature extraction, evolutionary optimization, and signal and image processing.