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September 2025, Volume 34, Number 3 [DOI: 10.13164/re.2025-3]

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T. C. Jermin Jeaunita, T. Ramesh, C. V. S. R. Manjushree, P. T. Shantala [references] [full-text] [DOI: 10.13164/re.2025.0381] [Download Citations]
A Decentralized and Efficient Crowdfunding Framework for Secure Transactions and User Engagement

Crowdfunding has become essential for financing entrepreneurial projects, innovative projects, and social initiatives. However, existing platforms face critical challenges, including a lack of transparency, low user engagement, data privacy concerns, and ineffective personalization of user experiences. To address these limitations, this study introduces a novel decentralized crowdfunding framework that integrates Federated Learning (FL), blockchain technology, and Q-learning to enhance security, transparency, and user engagement. The framework leverages FL to collaboratively train models across distributed datasets while ensuring privacy preservation by eliminating the need to share raw user data. Blockchain technology is utilized to ensure tamper-proof transaction records and automate trustless interactions through smart contracts, effectively preventing fraud while increasing transparency. Additionally, a Q-learning-based incentive mechanism is incorporated to predict and stimulate user engagement, ensuring dynamic long-term engagement. The experimental evaluation illustrates that the designed framework attains state-of-the-art performance with an accuracy rate of 99.39%, surpassing existing methodologies. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the framework in providing a secure, decentralized, and highly personalized crowdfunding system, raising trust and engagement among stakeholders and resolving long-standing issues in crowdfunding platforms.

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Keywords: Bidirectional recurrent neural network, blockchain, crowdfunding, Federated Learning (FL), MetaMask wallet, Q-learning, smart contract

Rahman M., Wang, W., Wang J., Wang Y. [references] [full-text] [DOI: 10.13164/re.2025.0393] [Download Citations]
Fast Brain Tumor Segmentation with Model Optimization

Segmenting brain tumors is important for effective diagnosis and treatment planning. Conventional 3D segmentation models achieve high accuracy but are computationally intensive, often limiting real-time applicability. In this study, pseudo-3D convolutions, which consist of spatial and depthwise convolutions, are used in place of traditional 3D convolutions. Adaptive Dilated Multi-Fiber (DMF) units dynamically extract multi-scale features and parallel Multi-Fiber (MF) units combine them with weighted sum. Efficient Channel Attention (ECA) and Cross Attention improve feature selection and fusion in decoder and encoder. Structured pruning reduces superfluous parameters and Quantization Aware Training (QAT) increases the speed of inference with the model converted to INT8 precision. Combination of Dice Loss and Boundary Loss enhances the precision of tumor boundaries. The framework has been evaluated on the BraTS 2021 data validation set and achieved high Dice scores of Whole Tumor 91.85%, Tumor Core 88.52%, and Enhancing Tumor 85.55%, with Hausdorff95 values of 2.58 mm, 3.53 mm, and 3.65 mm. Our proposed model requires only 3.57M parameters and 21.26 GFLOPs, achieving an inference time of 0.016 seconds per 3D volume while maintaining precision alongside efficiency to clinical application.

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Keywords: Brain tumor segmentation, pseudo-3D convolutions, adaptive dilation, computational efficiency, inference time

Y. F. Shen, Q. Gao [references] [full-text] [DOI: 10.13164/re.2025.0407] [Download Citations]
DS-YOLO: A SAR Ship Detection Model for Dense Small Targets

Detecting dense small targets in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images has always been a challenge in ship target detection. To address this issue, this paper proposes a ship target detection model for SAR images, named DS-YOLO, which is based on the YOLO11 network architecture. The model introduces Space-to-Depth Convolution (SPDConv) module to enhance the detection capability of small targets. Additionally, a new module, Cross Stage Partial-Partial Pyramid Attention (CSP-PPA), is incorporated to improve the model's ability to extract features at multiple scales and suppress confusing backgrounds. The loss function is optimized using a bounding box loss based on Adaptive Weighted Normalized Wasserstein distance (AWNWD), enhancing the model's adaptability to images of varying quality. Finally, experiments were conducted on the standard datasets HRSID and SAR-Ships dataset to validate the robustness and reliability of the DS-YOLO model. The experimental results show that, compared to YOLO11n, DS-YOLO achieved an mAP0.5:0.95 of 68.6% on the SAR-Ships dataset and 69.9% on the HRSID, representing improvements of 1.6% and 0.8%, respectively. Additionally, on these small-target datasets, DS-YOLO achieved an mAP0.5:0.95 of 50.8% and 60.4%, representing improvements of 4.2% and 1.2%, respectively, demonstrating higher detection accuracy.

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Keywords: DS-YOLO, SAR image, ship detection, Space-to-Depth Convolution (SPDConv), Cross Stage Partial-Partial Pyramid Attention (CSP-PPA), Adaptive Weighted Normalized Wasserstein Distance (AWNWD)

D. Zhang, K. Zhu, S. Qi [references] [full-text] [DOI: 10.13164/re.2025.0422] [Download Citations]
A Novel High-Gain Circularly Polarized Filtenna Based on Coaxial Structure

A novel omnidirectional slot array filtenna with a circularly polarized (CP) radiation beam is presented in this paper. This filtenna utilizes the coaxial cylinder structure, and the antenna’s filtering function is primarily achieved through the direct synthesis method of a tubular bandpass filter. Four perpendicular slot pairs form the basic omnidirectional CP radiation element, which is cut into the sleeve and added to the outer conductor of the coaxial cylinder to implement the compact performance. To simplify the design, this work utilizes the high and low impedance conversion of the inner conductor, as well as isolation through dielectric materials. This filtenna achieves high gain by forming an array along the z-axis direction and placing the antenna elements reasonably for radiation in phase. A prototype was designed and fabricated to validate its practicality. The results indicate a fractional impedance bandwidth (S11 < -10 dB) of 5.8%, from 8.87 GHz to 9.39 GHz, and a 3 dB axial-ratio (AR) bandwidth of 6.1%, from 8.85 GHz to 9.40 GHz. The realized gain of the antenna is consistently higher than 5.29 dBi over the operating bandwidth, and its out-of-roundness is less than 1.5 dB in the radiation direction.

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Keywords: Circular polarized (CP) filtenna, filtering antenna, axial ratio (AR), omnidirectional antenna, tubular bandpass filter

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An Enhanced Noise Removal-based SAR Image Recognition Using DnCNN and Wavelet Transform

This paper presents an enhanced method for noise removal and target detection in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images using a Denoising Convolutional Neural Network (DnCNN) combined with wavelet trans¬form. Unlike conventional method, the proposed frame¬work focuses on remove the Speckle Noise through residu¬al learning and wavelet transform. The DnCNN architecture, consisting of 29 layers, efficiently removes noise while preserving high-frequency image features. The integration of wavelet transform further enhances noise removal and feature preservation. Experimental results demonstrate that the recognition rate of the proposed method improves by about 94% compared to original method under 10 dB Speckle Noise conditions. This method outperforms conventional algorithm in SAR image pro¬cessing, making it highly suitable for applications in noisy environments.

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Keywords: Navy SAR, noise, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Denoising Convolutional Neural Network (DnCNN), wavelet transform