Miaoxin Hu | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

VisTCP: A Visualization Framework to Construct Knowledge-Graph-Based Representation for Traditional Chinese Painting

Structured representation can characterize semantic objects and relationships in images. It provides a possible effective way for the semantic understanding of Traditional Chinese Paintings (TCPs) to better support archaeology and art history research. However, most image-oriented structured representation methods perform poorly on TCPs, due to two major challenges: 1) the objects and events of TCPs exhibit substantial differences from modern natural images, which results in semantic misunderstandings of TCPs; and 2) it is difficult to achieve accurate identification of ancient objects and events in TCPs, even for domain experts.In this paper, we propose VisTCP, a visualization framework that combines a TCP-oriented intelligent model and expert knowledge, which enables art historians to achieve trustworthy structured representations of TCPs in a human-in-the-loop manner. Firstly, we conduct a pilot study with three domain experts to build a semantic taxonomy of TCPs. Then, expert-annotated data are used to train a TCP-oriented structured representation model, which can automatically extract meaningful objects and their relationships in TCPs. To inform users of the model uncertainty, we design a joint embedding visualization view to show the differences between expert annotations and model predictions. This allows users to refine the structured representation based on their domain knowledge, enabling iterative optimization of the model. Finally, we conduct a case study, a usage scenario, and expert interviews on a real dataset to demonstrate the effectiveness of VisTCP in supporting the structured representation and semantic understanding of TCPs.

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arXiv2024

ViSTooth: A Visualization Framework for Tooth Segmentation on Panoramic Radiograph

Tooth segmentation is a key step for computer aided diagnosis of dental diseases. Numerous machine learning models have been employed for tooth segmentation on dental panoramic radiograph. However, it is a difficult task to achieve accurate tooth segmentation due to complex tooth shapes, diverse tooth categories and incomplete sample set for machine learning. In this paper, we propose ViSTooth, a visualization framework for tooth segmentation on dental panoramic radiograph. First, we employ Mask R-CNN to conduct preliminary tooth segmentation, and a set of domain metrics are proposed to estimate the accuracy of the segmented teeth, including tooth shape, tooth position and tooth angle. Then, we represent the teeth with high-dimensional vectors and visualize their distribution in a low-dimensional space, in which experts can easily observe those teeth with specific metrics. Further, we expand the sample set with the expert-specified teeth and train the tooth segmentation model iteratively. Finally, we conduct case study and expert study to demonstrate the effectiveness and usability of our ViSTooth, in aiding experts to implement accurate tooth segmentation guided by expert knowledge.

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