A review of recent advances in data-driven computer vision methods for structural damage evaluation: algorithms, applications, challenges, and future opportunities
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Abstract
Computer vision techniques have gained great traction in civil infrastructure inspection and monitoring. This paper conducted a systematic review of recent data-driven computer vision algorithms in structural damage detection published during the past 5 years. The theories of prevalent computer vision models are first reviewed with an emphasis on the progressive innovation in algorithms' architecture. Then, recent applications of computer vision models for structural damage evaluation are discussed, which are classified into different structural categories by their material types (i.e., concrete, steel, masonry, timber) at three hierarchical levels including damage recognition, localization, and quantification. In particular, the paper also highlights the current state of using computer vision for damage assessment of timber structures, which remains under-explored compared to concrete and steel structures. Next, the paper scrutinizes existing structural damage inspection guidelines to identify key technological gaps between the capability of existing computer vision methods and manual inspection practices in the field. Finally, the paper summarizes existing challenges and recommends future research opportunities including the integration of computer vision methods with multimodal large language models, sensor-fusion, and mobile inspection approaches.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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