Affiliation:
1. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju-si 28644, Republic of Korea
2. Department of Multimedia Systems, Faculty of Computers and Information, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
Abstract
This study addresses the field of X-ray security screening and focuses on synthesising realistic X-ray images using advanced generative models. Insufficient training data in this area pose a major challenge, which we address through innovative data augmentation techniques. We utilise the power of generative adversarial networks (GANs) and conditional GANs (cGANs), in particular the Pix2Pix and Pix2PixHD models, to investigate the generation of X-ray images from various inputs such as masks and edges. Our experiments conducted on a Korean dataset containing dangerous objects relevant to security screening show the effectiveness of these models in improving the quality and realism of image synthesis. Quantitative evaluations based on metrics such as PSNR, SSIM, LPIPS, FID, and FSIM, with scores of 19.93, 0.71, 0.12, 29.36, and 0.54, respectively, show the superiority of our strategy, especially when integrated with hybrid inputs containing both edges and masks. Overall, our results highlight the potential of advanced generative models to overcome the challenges of data scarcity in X-ray security screening and pave the way for more efficient and accurate inspection systems.
Funder
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
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