What's cracking? A review and analysis of deep learning methods for structural crack segmentation, detection and quantification

J König, M Jenkins, M Mannion, P Barrie… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Surface cracks are a very common indicator of potential structural faults. Their early
detection and monitoring is an important factor in structural health monitoring. Left untreated …

Optimized deep encoder-decoder methods for crack segmentation

J König, MD Jenkins, M Mannion, P Barrie… - Digital Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface crack segmentation poses a challenging computer vision task as background,
shape, color and size of cracks vary. In this work we propose optimized deep encoder …

Pixel-level tunnel crack segmentation using a weakly supervised annotation approach

H Wang, Y Li, LM Dang, S Lee, H Moon - Computers in Industry, 2021 - Elsevier
Automatic crack detection plays an essential role in ensuring the safe operation of tunnels,
which is also challenging work in reality. In this paper, an innovative framework, which …

Unsupervised domain adaptation-based crack segmentation using transformer network

DA Beyene, MB Maru, T Kim, S Park, S Park - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface cracks are a common structural defect. The intelligent inspection of these defects
through computer vision and deep learning is of paramount importance for early …

Weakly-supervised surface crack segmentation by generating pseudo-labels using localization with a classifier and thresholding

J König, MD Jenkins, M Mannion… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surface cracks are a common sight on public infrastructure nowadays. Recent work has
been addressing this problem by supporting structural maintenance measures using …

Pixel-wise detection algorithm for crack structural reconstruction based on rock CT images

H Zhang, G Yang, H Li, W Du, J Wang - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper describes a pixel-wise detection algorithm to reconstruct rock cracks using CT
images. Through reviewing the shortcomings of previous studies, a pixel-level labeled …

Detection and classification of cracks and potholes in road images using texture descriptors

AMR Fernandes, MJ Cassaniga… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Traffic safety is directly affected by poor road conditions. Automating the detection of road
defects allows improvements in the maintenance process. The identification of defects such …

Crack detection as a weakly-supervised problem: Towards achieving less annotation-intensive crack detectors

Y Inoue, H Nagayoshi - 2020 25th International Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic crack detection is a critical task that has the potential to drastically reduce labor-
intensive building and road inspections currently being done manually. Recent studies in …

Deep Learning for Segmentation of Cracks in High-Resolution Images of Steel Bridges

A Kompanets, G Pai, R Duits, D Leonetti… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Automating the current bridge visual inspection practices using drones and image
processing techniques is a prominent way to make these inspections more effective, robust …

Weakly-supervised crack detection

Y Inoue, H Nagayoshi - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pixel-level crack segmentation is widely studied due to its high impact on building and road
inspections. While recent studies have made significant improvements in accuracy, they …