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A Lightweight RT-DETR Model for Metal Surface Defect Detection Using Multi-Scale Network and Additive Attention Mechanism

Zongchen Hao, Bo Liu, Binrui Xu

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation· Volume 44· Issue 3
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OpenAlex topics: Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection · Advanced Neural Network Applications · Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements

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