Data-driven approach for AI-based crack detection: techniques, challenges, and future scope

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Cities

Priti S. Chakurkar¹  Shruti Patil²  Ketan Kotecha³  Deepali Vora³  Sashikala Mishra³ 

[1] Computer Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune, Maharashtra, India;School of Computer Engineering, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra, India;Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIML), Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune, Maharashtra, India;Department of Computer Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune, Maharashtra, India;

关键词: computer vision;    crack detection;    deep learning;    image processing;    segmentation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/frsc.2023.1253627

 received in 2023-07-05, accepted in 2023-10-06,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This article provides a systematic literature review on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for detecting cracks in civil infrastructure, which is a critical issue affecting the performance and longevity of these structures. Traditional crack detection methods involve manual inspection, which is laborious and time-consuming, especially in urban areas. Therefore, automatic crack detection with AI technology has gained popularity due to its ability to identify degradation of roads in real-time, leading to increased safety and reliability. This review emphasizes two key approaches for crack detection: deep learning and traditional computer vision, with a focus on data-driven aspects that rely primarily on data from training datasets to detect and quantify the severity level of the crack. The article highlights the advantages and drawbacks of each approach and provides an overview of various crack detection models, feature extraction techniques, datasets, potential issues, and future directions. The research concludes that deep learning-based methods used for crack classification, localization and segmentation have shown better performance than traditional computer vision techniques, especially in terms of accuracy. However, deep learning methods require large amounts of training data and computational power, which can be a significant limitation. Additionally, the article identifies a lack of 3D datasets, unsupervised learning algorithms are rarely used to train crack detection model, and datasets having road images with variety of road textures such as asphalt and cement etc. as challenges for future research in this field. A need for 3D and combined texture datasets as challenges for future research in this field.

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