LGMar 19, 2023
URM4DMU: an user represention model for darknet markets usersHongmeng Liu, Jiapeng Zhao, Yixuan Huo et al.
Darknet markets provide a large platform for trading illicit goods and services due to their anonymity. Learning an invariant representation of each user based on their posts on different markets makes it easy to aggregate user information across different platforms, which helps identify anonymous users. Traditional user representation methods mainly rely on modeling the text information of posts and cannot capture the temporal content and the forum interaction of posts. While recent works mainly use CNN to model the text information of posts, failing to effectively model posts whose length changes frequently in an episode. To address the above problems, we propose a model named URM4DMU(User Representation Model for Darknet Markets Users) which mainly improves the post representation by augmenting convolutional operators and self-attention with an adaptive gate mechanism. It performs much better when combined with the temporal content and the forum interaction of posts. We demonstrate the effectiveness of URM4DMU on four darknet markets. The average improvements on MRR value and Recall@10 are 22.5% and 25.5% over the state-of-the-art method respectively.
CVAug 22, 2025
4D Virtual Imaging Platform for Dynamic Joint Assessment via Uni-Plane X-ray and 2D-3D RegistrationHao Tang, Rongxi Yi, Lei Li et al.
Conventional computed tomography (CT) lacks the ability to capture dynamic, weight-bearing joint motion. Functional evaluation, particularly after surgical intervention, requires four-dimensional (4D) imaging, but current methods are limited by excessive radiation exposure or incomplete spatial information from 2D techniques. We propose an integrated 4D joint analysis platform that combines: (1) a dual robotic arm cone-beam CT (CBCT) system with a programmable, gantry-free trajectory optimized for upright scanning; (2) a hybrid imaging pipeline that fuses static 3D CBCT with dynamic 2D X-rays using deep learning-based preprocessing, 3D-2D projection, and iterative optimization; and (3) a clinically validated framework for quantitative kinematic assessment. In simulation studies, the method achieved sub-voxel accuracy (0.235 mm) with a 99.18 percent success rate, outperforming conventional and state-of-the-art registration approaches. Clinical evaluation further demonstrated accurate quantification of tibial plateau motion and medial-lateral variance in post-total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients. This 4D CBCT platform enables fast, accurate, and low-dose dynamic joint imaging, offering new opportunities for biomechanical research, precision diagnostics, and personalized orthopedic care.