Applied SciencesTaiwan’s provincial highways span approximately 5000 km and are crucial for connecting cities and towns. As pavement deteriorates over time and maintenance funds are limited, efficient pavement inspection and maintenance decision-making are challenging ...
Li-Ling Huang +4 more
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Digitalization and Automation of Runway Inspection Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [PDF]
SensorsThis paper presents an end-to-end framework for automated inspection and condition assessment of airport runway pavement using UAV-acquired imagery. The proposed approach integrates Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based data collection, deep learning-based
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A multi-scale transformer-enhanced YOLO framework for unified road damage detection and boundary-aware segmentation [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial IntelligenceRoad surface deterioration poses significant challenges for transportation safety, infrastructure maintenance, and intelligent transportation management.
Bakhytzhan Kulambayev +2 more
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Transformer–CNN Hybrid Framework for Pavement Pothole Segmentation [PDF]
SensorsPavement surface defects such as potholes pose significant safety risks and accelerate infrastructure deterioration. Accurate and automated detection of such defects requires both advanced sensing technologies and robust deep learning models.
Tianjie Zhang +4 more
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PaveDistress: A comprehensive dataset of pavement distresses detectionMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefThe PaveDistress dataset contains high-resolution images of road surface distresses, including cracks, repairs, potholes, and background images without defects.
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A Low-Cost Deep Learning System to Characterize Asphalt Surface Deterioration
Remote Sensing, 2023 Every day millions of people travel on highways for work- or leisure-related purposes. Ensuring road safety is thus of paramount importance, and maintaining good-quality road pavements is essential, requiring an effective maintenance policy.
Diogo Inácio +3 more
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Prioritizing Roadway Pavement Marking Maintenance Using Lane Keep Assist Sensor Data
Sensors, 2021 There are over four million miles of roads in the United States, and the prioritization of locations to perform maintenance activities typically relies on human inspection or semi-automated dedicated vehicles.
Justin A. Mahlberg +5 more
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Pavement Distress Estimation via Signal on Graph Processing
Sensors, 2022 A comprehensive representation of the road pavement state of health is of great interest. In recent years, automated data collection and processing technology has been used for pavement inspection. In this paper, a new signal on graph (SoG) model of road
Salvatore Bruno +4 more
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Fuzzy Inference System for Predicting Functional Service Life of Concrete Pavements in Airports
Infrastructures, 2022 Concerning one of the most important tasks of road structure management is the development of methods to predict their own functional or physical service life, which allows for objectively evaluating the state of road structures that are being considered
A. J. Prieto +3 more
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Predicting Pavement Condition Index Using Fuzzy Logic Technique
Infrastructures, 2022 The fuzzy logic technique is one of the effective approaches for evaluating flexible and rigid pavement distress. The process of classifying pavement distress is usually performed by visual inspection of the pavement surface or using data collected by ...
Abdualmtalab Ali +3 more
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