Kaifeng Ma

Prof. Dr. Kaifeng Ma


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 June 2024 in Applied Sciences
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KMKaifeng Ma
Kaifeng Ma
MHMengshu Hao
Mengshu Hao
XMXiang Meng
Xiang Meng
Jinping LiuJinping Liu
Jinping Liu
JMJunzhen Meng
Junzhen Meng
YXYabing Xuan
Yabing Xuan
The crack detection of concrete bridges is an important link in the safety evaluation of bridge structures, and the rapid and accurate identification and detection of bridge cracks is a prerequisite for ensuring the safety and long-term stable use of bridges. To solve the incomplete crack detection and segmentation caused by the complex background and small proportion in the actual bridge crack images, this paper proposes a coarse–fine combined bridge crack detection method of “double detection + single segmentation” based on deep learning. To validate the effect and practicality of fine crack detection, images of old civil bridges and viaduct bridges against a complex background and images of a bridge crack against a simple background are used as datasets. You Only Look Once V5(x) (YOLOV5(x)) was preferred as the object detection network model (ODNM) to perform initial and fine detection of bridge cracks, respectively. Using U-Net as the optimal semantic segmentation network model (SSNM), the crack detection results are accurately segmented for fine crack detection. The test results showed that the initial crack detection using YOLOV5(x) was more comprehensive and preserved the original shape of bridge cracks. Second, based on the initial detection, YOLOV5(x) was adopted for fine crack detection, which can determine the location and shape of cracks more carefully and accurately. Finally, the U-Net model was used to segment the accurately detected cracks and achieved a maximum accuracy (AC) value of 98.37%. The experiment verifies the effectiveness and accuracy of this method, which not only provides a faster and more accurate method for fine detection of bridge cracks but also provides technical support for future automated detection and preventive maintenance of bridge structures and has practical value for bridge crack detection engineering.

20 July 2024 in Sensors
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KMKaifeng Ma
Kaifeng Ma
HGHuang Guiping
Huang Guiping
JMJunzhen Meng
Junzhen Meng
To determine both the size of a satellite antenna and the thermal deformation of its surface shape, a novel high-accuracy close-range photogrammetric technique is used in this study. The method is also applied to assess the performance of the antenna in orbit. The measurement principle and solution method of close-range photogrammetry were thoroughly investigated, and a detailed measurement test scheme was developed. A thermal deformation measurement of the surface shape of a satellite antenna was then carried out. The results show that the measurement error using close-range photogrammetry was smaller than 0.04 mm, which meets the accuracy requirement. Thanks to the high accuracy, it was discovered that both the surface shape and the rib precision of the satellite antenna deteriorate with decreasing temperature. The accuracy of the surface shape and ribs was lowest when the temperature node was −60 °C. The maximum root mean square errors (RMSEs) reached 0.878 mm and 0.761 mm, respectively. This indicates that the surface shape deformation error of the antenna caused by high and low temperatures is relatively high. However, the requirement for the technical design index (RMSE ≤ 1 mm for the surface shape accuracy of the antenna) is still met. Furthermore, for temperature differences of 40 °C and 80 °C, the measured RMSEs for the surface shape deformation were 0.216 mm and 0.411 mm, respectively. Overall, the technical design indicators (RMSE ≤ 0.3 mm and RMSE ≤ 0.5 mm, respectively) for the surface shape deformation of the antennas are met.

19 August 2023 in Sensors
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KMKaifeng Ma
Kaifeng Ma
XMXiang Meng
Xiang Meng
MHMengshu Hao
Mengshu Hao
HGHuang Guiping
Huang Guiping
QHQingfeng Hu
Qingfeng Hu
PHPeipei He
Peipei He
Bridge crack detection based on deep learning is a research area of great interest and difficulty in the field of bridge health detection. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of coupling a deep learning framework (DLF) with a convolutional neural network (CNN) for bridge crack detection. A dataset consisting of 2068 bridge crack images was randomly split into training, verification, and testing sets with a ratio of 8:1:1, respectively. Several CNN models, including Faster R-CNN, Single Shot MultiBox Detector (SSD), You Only Look Once (YOLO)-v5(x), U-Net, and Pyramid Scene Parsing Network (PSPNet), were used to conduct experiments using the PyTorch, TensorFlow2, and Keras frameworks. The experimental results show that the Harmonic Mean (F1) values of the detection results of the Faster R-CNN and SSD models under the Keras framework are relatively large (0.76 and 0.67, respectively, in the object detection model). The YOLO-v5(x) model of the TensorFlow2 framework achieved the highest F1 value of 0.67. In semantic segmentation models, the U-Net model achieved the highest detection result accuracy (AC) value of 98.37% under the PyTorch framework. The PSPNet model achieved the highest AC value of 97.86% under the TensorFlow2 framework. These experimental results provide optimal coupling efficiency parameters of a DLF and CNN for bridge crack detection. A more accurate and efficient DLF and CNN model for bridge crack detection has been obtained, which has significant practical application value.

3 September 2023 in Remote Sensing
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QHQingfeng Hu
Qingfeng Hu
YLYifan Li
Yifan Li
WLwenkai liu
wenkai liu
WLWeiqiang Lu
Weiqiang Lu
HHHongxin Hai
Hongxin Hai
YKYingchao Kou
Yingchao Kou
The soil moisture from the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project is assessed in this study. Complex and variable geological conditions complicate the prediction of soil moisture in the study area. To achieve this aim, we carried out research on soil moisture inversion methods for channel slopes in the study area using massive monitoring data from multiple GNSS observatories on channel slopes, incorporating GNSS-R techniques and deep learning algorithms. To address the issue of low accuracy in linear inversion when using a single satellite, this study proposes a multi-satellite and multi-frequency data fusion technique. Furthermore, three soil moisture inversion models, namely, the linear model, BP neural network model, and GA-BP neural network model, are established by incorporating deep learning techniques. In comparison with single-satellite data inversion, with the data fusion technique proposed in this study, the correlation is improved by 12.7%, the root mean square error is reduced by 0.217, the mean square error is decreased by 0.884, and the mean absolute error is decreased by 0.243 with the linear model. With the BP neural network model, the correlation is increased by 15.4%, the root mean square error is decreased by 0.395, the mean square error is decreased by 0.465, and the mean absolute error is reduced by 0.353. Moreover, with the GA-BP neural network model, the correlation is improved by 6.3%, the root mean square error is decreased by 1.207, the mean square error is decreased by 0.196, and the mean absolute error is reduced by 0.155. The results indicate that performing data fusion by using multiple satellites and multi-frequency bands is a feasible approach for improving the accuracy of soil moisture inversion. These research findings provide new technical means for the risk analysis of deformation disasters in the expansive soil channel slopes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project.

10 April 2025 in Remote Sensing
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KMKaifeng Ma
Kaifeng Ma
CYChangxu Yao
Changxu Yao
BLBing Liu
Bing Liu
QHQingfeng Hu
Qingfeng Hu
LSLI Shiming
LI Shiming
JHJing Han
Jing Han
Hyperspectral image classification (HSIC) represents a significant area of research within the domain of remote sensing. Given the intricate nature of hyperspectral images and the substantial volume of data they generate, it is essential to introduce innovative methodologies to effectively address the data pre-processing challenges encountered in HSIC. In this paper, we draw inspiration from the Segment Anything Model (SAM) within the realm of large language models to propose its application for HSIC, aiming to achieve significant advancements and breakthroughs in this field. Initially, we constructed the SAM and labeled a limited number of samples as segmentation prompts for the model. We conducted HSIC experiments utilizing three publicly available hyperspectral image datasets: Indian Pines (IP), Salinas (SA), and Pavia University (PU). Furthermore, a voting strategy was implemented during these experiments, with only five samples selected from each land type. The classification results obtained from the SAM-based hyperspectral images were compared with those derived from eight distinct machine learning, deep learning, and Transformer models. The findings indicate that the SAM requires only a limited number of samples to effectively perform hyperspectral image classification, achieving higher accuracy than the other models discussed in this paper. Building on this foundation, a voting strategy was implemented, leading to significant enhancements in the overall accuracy (OA) of HSIC across three datasets. The improvements were quantified at 66.76%, 74.66%, and 70.53%, respectively, culminating in final accuracies of 80.29%, 90.66%, and 86.51%. In this study, the SAM is utilized for unsupervised classification, thereby reducing the need for sample labeling while attaining effective classification outcomes.

6 February 2024 in Sensors
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KMKaifeng Ma
Kaifeng Ma
MHMengshu Hao
Mengshu Hao
WSWenlong Shang
Wenlong Shang
Jinping LiuJinping Liu
Jinping Liu
JMJunzhen Meng
Junzhen Meng
LSLI Shiming
LI Shiming
A high-quality dataset is a basic requirement to ensure the training quality and prediction accuracy of a deep learning network model (DLNM). To explore the influence of label image accuracy on the performance of a concrete crack segmentation network model in a semantic segmentation dataset, this study uses three labelling strategies, namely pixel-level fine labelling, outer contour widening labelling and topological structure widening labelling, respectively, to generate crack label images and construct three sets of crack semantic segmentation datasets with different accuracy. Four semantic segmentation network models (SSNMs), U-Net, High-Resolution Net (HRNet)V2, Pyramid Scene Parsing Network (PSPNet) and DeepLabV3+, were used for learning and training. The results show that the datasets constructed from the crack label images with pix-el-level fine labelling are more conducive to improving the accuracy of the network model for crack image segmentation. The U-Net had the best performance among the four SSNMs. The Mean Intersection over Union (MIoU), Mean Pixel Accuracy (MPA) and Accuracy reached 85.47%, 90.86% and 98.66%, respectively. The average difference between the quantized width of the crack image segmentation obtained by U-Net and the real crack width was 0.734 pixels, the maximum difference was 1.997 pixels, and the minimum difference was 0.141 pixels. Therefore, to improve the segmentation accuracy of crack images, the pixel-level fine labelling strategy and U-Net are the best choices.