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  1. From Pixels to Wildlife Conservation

    Article • iScience, October 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  2. MDF-former: Multi-branch dual-modal fusion transformer for assessing axillary lymph node metastatic burden in breast cancer

    Article • Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, August 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  3. Survey on deep learning based imaging analysis for vascular stenosis disease: a review

    Article • April 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  4. Integrated framework for adaptive inspection of internal voids in MOSFETs

    Article • Measurement, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  5. DeepPanda: A Video-Based Framework for Automatic Behavior Recognition of Giant Pandas

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  6. Glass Fall-Offs Detection for Glass Insulated Terminals via a Coarse-to-Fine Machine-Learning Framework

    Article • Micromachines, January 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  7. PHM-Net: A Domain-Prior-Guided High-Precision Measurement Network for Color Quantum Dot Optical Encoders

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  8. A causality-inspired single-source domain generalized method for low-slow-small threat target recognition through holographic Doppler radar

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  9. Prediction of Reactivation After Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Multimodal Machine Learning Model Study

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, April 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Nian Cai

  10. A multi-strategy attention regression network for joint prediction of state of health and remaining useful life of lithium-ion batteries using only charging data

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  11. Exploring the Influence of Collector Acceleration on Deposition in Melt Electrospinning Writing

    Article • 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, February 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Nian Cai

  12. A Hybrid Intention Recognition Framework with Semantic Inference for Financial Customer Service

    Article • Electronics, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  13. W-Shaped Net: An Inter-Slice Super-Resolution Segmentation Deep Network for CT Scans of Hepatic Ducts

    Article • Electronics, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  14. Computer-assisted diagnosis for axillary lymph node metastasis of early breast cancer based on transformer with dual-modal adaptive mid-term fusion using ultrasound elastography

    Article • Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  15. Relation extraction for colorectal cancer via deep learning with entity-aware feature orthogonal decomposition

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  16. Deep Learning Assisted Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Based on a Local-to-Global Framework

    Article • Electronics, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  17. A deep learning framework for the joint prediction of the SOH and RUL of lithium-ion batteries based on bimodal images

    Article • Energy, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  18. mm3DSNet: multi-scale and multi-feedforward self-attention 3D segmentation network for CT scans of hepatobiliary ducts

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  19. Error Analysis and Correction for Electrohydrodynamic Printing: A Review

    Article • 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, July 2024, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Nian Cai

  20. Prediction of Reactivation After Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Multimodal Machine Learning Model Study (Preprint)

    Article • May 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Nian Cai

  21. A Study on the Reliability Evaluation of a 3D Packaging Storage Module under Temperature Cycling Ultimate Stress Conditions

    Article • Micromachines, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  22. IC Packaging Material Identification via a Hybrid Deep Learning Framework with CNN–Transformer Bidirectional Interaction

    Article • Micromachines, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  23. Image denoising and deringing for fourier single-pixel imaging based on upgraded weighted nuclear norm minimization

    Article • Optics Communications, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  24. SCAN: sequence-based context-aware association network for hepatic vessel segmentation

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  25. An adaptive coarse-to-fine framework for automatic first article inspection of flexographic printing labels

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  26. A High-Precision Multi-Beam Optical Measurement Method for Cylindrical Surface Profile

    Article • Micromachines, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  27. Multi-task banded regression model: A novel individual survival analysis model for breast cancer

    Article • Computers in Biology and Medicine, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  28. CA-CentripetalNet: a novel anchor-free deep learning framework for hardhat wearing detection

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  29. ATNet: A Defect Detection Framework for X-ray Images of DIP Chip Lead Bonding

    Article • Micromachines, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  30. Large-range and high-sensitivity displacement sensing based on a SNAP microresonator by multimode encoding technique

    Article • Measurement Science and Technology, June 2023, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Nian Cai

  31. Survey of Reliability Research on 3D Packaged Memory

    Article • Electronics, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  32. A Lightweight Method for Detecting IC Wire Bonding Defects in X-ray Images

    Article • Micromachines, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  33. GAN-based statistical modeling with adaptive schemes for surface defect inspection of IC metal packages

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  34. Multi-scale GAN with transformer for surface defect inspection of IC metal packages

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  35. Quantum Dot Encoder via Near-Field Direct Writing

    Article • IEEE Sensors Journal, November 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  36. IC solder joint inspection via adaptive statistical modeling

    Article • Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, October 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Nian Cai

  37. Research on the Mechanism of Multi-Domain Coupling Centrifugal Electrostatic Blowing Flying Deposition

    Article • Micromachines, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  38. Evaluation of Solder Joint Reliability in 3D Packaging Memory Devices under Thermal Shock

    Article • Electronics, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  39. A one-stage deep learning framework for automatic detection of safety harnesses in high-altitude operations

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  40. Survey on Fatigue Life Prediction of BGA Solder Joints

    Article • Electronics, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  41. IC Solder Joints Inspection via an Optimized Statistical Modeling Method

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, February 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  42. Large-Range and High-Sensitivity Displacement Sensing Based on a Snap Microresonator by Multimode Encoding Technique

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  43. Automatic detection of ultrasound breast lesions: a novel saliency detection model based on multiple priors

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  44. Stimulus-Responsive Shrinkage in Electrospun Membranes: Fundamentals and Control

    Article • Micromachines, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  45. IC solder joint inspection via generator-adversarial-network based template

    Article • Machine Vision and Applications, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  46. Developing and validating deep learning-based heterogeneous model to improve diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography for axillary lymph node metastasis of early breast cancer.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 2021, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  47. Brain MR image super-resolution via a deep convolutional neural network with multi-unit upsampling learning

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  48. Serial number inspection for ceramic membranes via an end-to-end photometric-induced convolutional neural network framework

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  49. Error compensation for optical encoder via local-sinusoidal-assisted empirical mode decomposition with an optimization scheme

    Article • IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  50. Wearable Flexible Strain Sensor Based on Three-Dimensional Wavy Laser-Induced Graphene and Silicone Rubber

    Article • Sensors, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Nian Cai

  51. Automatic optical inspection system for IC solder joint based on local-to-global ensemble learning

    Article • Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, July 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Nian Cai

  52. MIMN-DPP: Maximum-information and minimum-noise determinantal point processes for unsupervised hyperspectral band selection

    Article • Pattern Recognition, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  53. Conditioning optimization of extreme learning machine by multitask beetle antennae swarm algorithm

    Article • Memetic Computing, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  54. Automatic detonator code recognition via deep neural network

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  55. Melt electrohydrodynamic 3D printed poly (ε-caprolactone)/polyethylene glycol/roxithromycin scaffold as a potential anti-infective implant in bone repair

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutics, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  56. Automatic detection of hardhats worn by construction personnel

    Article • Automation in Construction, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  57. Detonator coded character spotting based on convolutional neural networks

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  58. M-Net: A Novel U-Net With Multi-Stream Feature Fusion and Multi-Scale Dilated Convolutions for Bile Ducts and Hepatolith Segmentation

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  59. IC Solder Joint Inspection Based on an Adaptive-Template Method

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, June 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  60. An Effective Optimization Scheme for ECG Signal Denoising via Low-Rank Matrix Decomposition

    Article • Circuits Systems and Signal Processing, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  61. SMT Solder Joint Inspection via a Novel Cascaded Convolutional Neural Network

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, April 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  62. Image super-resolution via a novel cascaded convolutional neural network framework

    Article • Signal Processing Image Communication, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  63. Error analysis and compensation for an optical linear encoder

    Article • IET Science Measurement & Technology, February 2018, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  64. A novel image denoising method based on a deep convolution neural network

    Article • IET Image Processing, November 2017, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Nian Cai, zhang fu

  65. Mixed $${L}_{1}$$ L 1 norm and ...

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  66. A novel error compensation method for an absolute optical encoder based on empirical mode decomposition

    Article • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  67. Improving the measurement accuracy of an absolute imaging position encoder via a new edge detection method

    Article • IET Science Measurement & Technology, January 2017, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  68. IC Solder Joint Inspection via Robust Principle Component Analysis

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  69. IC solder joint inspection based on the Gaussian mixture model

    Article • Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, September 2016, Emerald

    Dr. Nian Cai

  70. Sparse Parallel MRI Based on Accelerated Operator Splitting Schemes

    Article • Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Nian Cai

  71. A New IC Solder Joint Inspection Method for an Automatic Optical Inspection System Based on an Improved Visual Background Extraction Algorithm

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, January 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  72. Blind inpainting using the fully convolutional neural network

    Article • The Visual Computer, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  73. Image denoising via patch-based adaptive Gaussian mixture prior method

    Article • Signal Image and Video Processing, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  74. ECG Baseline Wander Correction Based on Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Complementary Adaptive Noise

    Article • Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, December 2015, American Scientific Publishers

    Dr. Nian Cai

  75. Difference angle quantization index modulation scheme for image watermarking

    Article • Signal Processing Image Communication, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  76. Power harmonics analysis of programmable AC power source via variation semi-sinusoidal window

    Article • Measurement, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai

  77. Novel linear optical encoder with absolute imaging position

    Article • April 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  78. Object Tracking Using Mean Shift for Adaptive Weighted-Sum Histograms

    Article • Circuits Systems and Signal Processing, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  79. Accelerating Dynamic Cardiac MR Imaging Using Structured Sparse Representation

    Article • Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Nian Cai

  80. A Wavelet Neural Network for Edge Detection

    Article • January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Nian Cai

  81. MRF-MBNN: A Novel Neural Network Architecture for Image Processing

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Nian Cai

  82. Image segmentation of G bands of Triticum monococcum chromosomes based on the model-based neural network

    Article • Pattern Recognition Letters, February 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Nian Cai