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WeldFormer: a real-time task-aligned multi-scale framework for automated weld defect detection in industrial environments

Aug 2026 · Journal of Real-Time Image Processing · Vol 23 · 0 citations · 38 references

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WeldFormer is proposed, a real-time task-aligned multi-scale detection framework that systematically addresses challenges through three novel components: small object enhancement pyramid (SOEP) preserving fine-grained features via space-to-depth transformation, omni-dimensional dynamic convolution (C2f-ODConv) enabling adaptive feature extraction, and task-aligned dynamic detection head (TADDH) explicitly aligning classification with localization quality.

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