Future devices will continue to probe the frontier of the very small, and at scales where functionality depends on mere atoms, even the tiniest flaw matters. Researchers at Rice University have shown ...

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Abstract: In the defect detection of patterned wafers, optical images captured by inspection systems are affected by various noises, resulting in low signal-to-noise ratios in the obtained images, ...

Abstract: Polyethylene (PE) pipes are vital for residential gas systems, but hole defects at hot-melt joints are prone to lead to pipe failure. Affected by the complex background noise interference at ...

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Dr. Ying Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University. She graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, The State ...

In quality control, a sewing defect refers to inconsistencies in stitches when fabrics are joined together. To develop a method for detecting defects, having image datasets of sewing process data ...