Exposing Image Splicing Traces in Scientific Publications via Uncertainty-guided Refinement

arXiv:2309.16388v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Recently, a surge in scientific publications suspected of image manipulation has led to numerous retractions, bringing the issue of image integrity into sharp focus. Although research on forensic detectors for image plagiarism and image synthesis exists, the detection of image splicing traces in scientific publications remains unexplored. Compared to image duplication and synthesis, image splicing detection is more challenging due to the lack of reference images and the typically small tampered areas. Furthermore, disruptive factors …

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