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Publications by António Cunha

2024

Preface

Authors
Cunha, A; Paiva, A; Pereira, S;

Publication
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST

Abstract
[No abstract available]

2024

Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Automatic Grapevine Varieties Identification: A Brief Review

Authors
Carneiro, GA; Cunha, A; Sousa, J;

Publication

Abstract
The Eurasian grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is the most widely grown horticultural crop in the world and is important for the economy of many countries. In the wine production chain, grape varieties play an important role as they directly influence the authenticity and classification of the product. Identifying the different grape varieties is therefore fundamental for quality control and inspection activities, as well as for regulating production. Currently, ampelography and molecular analysis are the main approaches to identifying grape varieties. However, both methods have limitations. Ampelography is subjective and prone to errors and is experiencing enormous difficulties as ampelographers are increasingly scarce. On the other hand, molecular analyses are very demanding in terms of cost and time. In this scenario, Deep Learning (DL) and Machine Learning (ML) methods have emerged as a classification alternative to deal with the scarcity of ampelographs and avoid molecular analyses. In this study, the most recent and current methods for identifying grapevine varieties using DL classification-based approaches are presented through a systematic literature review. The classification pipeline of the 31 studies found in the literature was described, highlighting its pros and cons. Most of the studies used DL-based models trained with leaf images acquired in a controlled environment at a maximum distance of 1.2 metres to classify grape varieties. In addition, there is a large gap between practical applications and the datasets used: a great lack of varieties, limited data acquired in the field and a lack of tests on plants under adverse conditions. Potential directions for improving this area of research were also presented.

2024

Deep Learning for Automatic Grapevine Varieties Identification: A Brief Review

Authors
Carneiro, GA; Cunha, A; Sousa, J;

Publication

Abstract
The Eurasian grapevine (\textit{Vitis vinifera L.}) is the most widely grown horticultural crop in the world and is important for the economy of many countries. In the wine production chain, grape varieties play an important role, as they directly influence the authenticity and classification of the product. Identifying the different grape varieties is therefore fundamental for quality control and control activities, as well as for regulating production. Currently, ampelography and molecular analysis are the main approaches to identifying grape varieties. However, both methods have limitations. Ampelography is subjective and prone to errors and is experiencing enormous difficulties as ampelographers are increasingly scarce. On the other hand, molecular analyses are very demanding in terms of cost and time. In this scenario, Deep Learning (DL) methods have emerged as a classification alternative to deal with the scarcity of ampelographers and avoid molecular analyses. In this study, the most recent and current methods for identifying grapevine varieties using DL classification-based approaches are presented through a systematic literature review. The steps of the standard DL-based classification pipeline were described for the 18 most relevant studies found in the literature, highlighting their pros and cons. Potential directions for improving this field of research were also presented.

2024

Web Diagnosis for COVID-19 and Pneumonia Based on Computed Tomography Scans and X-rays

Authors
Antunes, C; Rodrigues, JMF; Cunha, A;

Publication
UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, PT III, UAHCI 2024

Abstract
Pneumonia and COVID-19 are respiratory illnesses, the last caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Traditional detection processes can be slow, prone to errors, and laborious, leading to potential human mistakes and a limited ability to keep up with the speed of pathogen development. A web diagnosis application to aid the physician in the diagnosis process is presented, based on a modified deep neural network (AlexNet) to detect COVID-19 on X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans as well as to detect pneumonia on X-rays. The system reached accuracy results well above 90% in seven well-known and documented datasets regarding the detection of COVID-19 and Pneumonia on X-rays and COVID-19 in CT scans.

2024

Does Fake News have Feelings?

Authors
Laroca, H; Rocio, V; Cunha, A;

Publication
Procedia Computer Science

Abstract
Fake news spreads rapidly, creating issues and making detection harder. The purpose of this study is to determine if fake news contains sentiment polarity (positive or negative), identify the polarity of sentiment present in their textual content and determine whether sentiment polarity is a reliable indication of fake news. For this, we use a deep learning model called BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers), trained on a sentiment polarity dataset to classify the polarity of sentiments from a dataset of true and fake news. The findings show that sentiment polarity is not a reliable single feature for recognizing false news correctly and must be combined with other parameters to improve classification accuracy. © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.

2024

Quality assessment of Low-cost retinal Videos for Glaucoma screening

Authors
Abay, SG; Lima, F; Geurts, L; Camara, J; Pedrosa, J; Cunha, A;

Publication
Procedia Computer Science

Abstract
Low-cost smartphone-compatible portable ophthalmoscopes can capture visuals of the patient's retina to screen several ophthalmological diseases like glaucoma. The images captured have lower quality and resolution than standard retinography devices but enough for glaucoma screening. Small videos are captured to improve the chance of inspecting the eye properly; however, those videos may not always have enough quality for screening glaucoma, and the patient needs to repeat the inspection later. In this paper, a method for automatic assessment of the quality of videos captured using the D-Eye lens is proposed and evaluated with a personal dataset with 539 videos. Based on two methods developed for retina localization on the images/frames, the Circle Hough Transform method with a precision of 78,12% and the YOLOv7 method with a precision of 99,78%, the quality assessment method automatically decides on the quality of the video by measuring the number of frames of good-quality in each video, according to the chosen threshold. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.. All rights reserved.

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