Feature Fusion

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Feature fusion studies how to combine representations—such as image and radar signals, multiple encoder layers, or learned embeddings and handcrafted descriptors—so models can use complementary evidence. Common approaches include concatenation, cross-attention, gated or reliability-aware weighting, and multi-scale or frequency-domain integration, applied in tasks from detection and segmentation to retrieval and medical prediction. Results show that fusion can improve accuracy and robustness, especially when inputs provide distinct useful cues. A central challenge is deciding when and how to fuse: misaligned or redundant features can add complexity without benefit, and the best strategy depends on the task, data, and reliability of each representation.

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  1. FastBEVFusion: Simple Multi-Modal Fusion for 3D Object Detection at 50 FPS

    Oct 27, 2026Tom Sanitz, Emre Gülsoylu, Simone Frintrop +13D Object DetectionCamera-LiDAR Fusion

    University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  2. UniQuery: Unifying Vision Models with a Joint Query Head for Cross-Domain Pedestrian Attribute Recognition

    Oct 24, 2026Nguyen Dang Duy Tan, Linh T. T. Tran, Huynh Nguyen Phat +1Feature FusionVision Foundation Models

    AI VIET NAM · University of Information Technology, VNU-HCM · University of Science, VNU-HCM +1

  3. Cross-Architectural Feature Fusion for Coronary Artery Stenosis Detection in X-ray Angiography

    Oct 23, 2026Haobo Zhu, Mojtaba Lashgari, Jason Chai +3Coronary AngiographyFeature Fusion

    Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom · Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom · Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

  4. Cross-Spectral Feature Fusion for Multispectral Document Binarization

    Oct 22, 2026Yasas Savinda, Maheshi Buddhinee DissanayakeFeature Fusion

    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

  5. LEAF-Mamba: Feature Adaptation and Fusion for Whole Slide Image Analysis

    Oct 21, 2026Lubin Gan, Jing Zhang, Mingjun Ma +3Whole-Slide Image AnalysisFeature Fusion

    National Engineering Laboratory for Brain-inspired Intelligence Technology and Application, MoE Key Laboratory of Brain-inspired Intelligent Perception and Cognition, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China · Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Intelligent Processing, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China · School of Software Technology, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315048, China +2

  6. Interaction-Gated Time-Frequency Learning for Parameter-Efficient PPG-Based Heart Rate Estimation

    Oct 20, 2026Anh Khoi Pham, Phat Lam, Thien Truong Nguyen Ly +1Heart Rate EstimationPhotoplethysmography

    International University, Vietnam National University HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada · Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam +1

  7. S3^3E-Det: A Strict Spatial-Spectral Equivariant Detector for Multispectral Object Detection

    Oct 20, 2026Peng Zhang, Tingfa Xu, Jinrui Sui +2Multispectral Object DetectionObject Detection

    Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China. · Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Technology Chongqing Innovation Center, Chongqing 401135, China.

  8. DCR-TSF: Dual-Level Compositional Reasoning with Triadic Spherical Fusion for Training-Free Zero-Shot Composed Image Retrieval

    Oct 19, 2026Gwang-Ho Na, Ho-Joong Kim, Seong-Whan LeeComposed Image RetrievalCompositional Reasoning in VLMs

    Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

  9. DINO-FIL: Multi-Layer Transformer Fusion for Generative Inpainting Forgery Localization

    Oct 15, 2026Simon Freitter, David Fischinger, Silvia Poletti +2Image Forgery LocalizationFeature Fusion

    AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria

  10. When do quantum views help? Complementary classical-quantum representations in multi-view fusion

    Oct 15, 2026Azadeh Alavi, Fatemeh Kouchmeshki, Hossein Akhoundi +3Hybrid Quantum-Classical MLFeature Fusion

    RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia. · Pattern Recognition Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. · Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia.

  11. Geometry-Guided Semantic Reconstruction for 3D Instance Segmentation

    Oct 12, 2026Yuanhao Su, Shaofeng Zhang3D Instance SegmentationFeature Fusion

    University of Science and Technology of China · Fuzhou University

  12. Sparse All-Layer Connector for Domain Generalised Semantic Segmentation

    Oct 11, 2026Ruoyu Guo, Xin Kun Lin, Maurice Pagnucco +1Domain Generalization for Semantic SegmentationDomain Generalization

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales

  13. Spatial-Frequency-Aware Implicit Neural Representation of Multidimensional Signals via MLP-KAN Fusion

    Oct 8, 2026Wen Yan, Ligen Shi, Jun Qiu +3Implicit Neural RepresentationsSpectral Bias

    Institute of Computational Imaging, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 102206, China · College of Computer Science (College of Software), Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China · Research Center for Spatiotemporal Intelligence, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China

  14. CoHyFuse: Condition-wise Hypergraph Fusion with Global Connectome in Task-fMRI

    Oct 5, 2026Boseong Kim, Haejun Chung, Ikbeom JangFunctional ConnectivityNeuroimaging

    Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea · Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Republic of Korea

  15. GateSPINE: Gated Cross-View Fusion for Lumbar Spine MRI Report Generation

    Sep 30, 2026Hoang Nguyen Van, Cuong Vuong Tuan, Trang Mai Xuan +3Radiology Report GenerationMulti-View Feature Fusion

    Applied AI Lab, Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Vietnam · Medical Imaging & Radiological Technology Department, Faculty of Medical Technology, Phenikaa School of Medicine & Pharmacy, Phenikaa University, Vietnam · Radiology & Functional Exploration Center, Phenikaa University Hospital, Vietnam +1

  16. Fusion techniques of time frequency-based images to predict the outcome of rTMS depression therapy

    Sep 30, 2026Wael Korani, Md Fahimul Kabir Chowdhury, Mohammed Aledhari +2ElectroencephalographyClinical Outcome Prediction

  17. Training-Free Affinity Fusion of Neural and Embedding-Based Speaker Diarization

    Sep 30, 2026Yehoshua Dissen, Joseph Keshet, Eduard GolshteinSpeaker DiarizationFeature Fusion

    Linguana · Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

  18. Multichannel Audio Quality Assessment: Extending Pretrained Perceptual Models to Spatial Audio

    Sep 29, 2026Gouthaman KV, Shiv Gehlot, Vishnu Raj +2Spatial AudioFeature Fusion

    Dolby Laboratories

  19. Multi-Depth Temporal Fusion for Feedforward, Locally Trained Spiking Neural Networks

    Sep 29, 2026Aidin Attar, Eleonora Cicciarella, Michele RossiSpiking Neural NetworksFeature Fusion

    Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua Padua, Italy

  20. EgoRefine: Ego-Referenced Predictive Alignment and Trajectory-Conditioned Reliability-Aware Fusion for Asynchronous Collaborative Perception

    Sep 29, 2026Lingzhao Kong, Yongsheng Zang, Yu Kang +4Cooperative Perception3D Object Detection

    School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China · School of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hunan University, Changsha 410012, China · National Engineering Research Center of Robot Visual Perception and Control Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China +1

  21. DBCF: Dual-Branch Complementary Fusion of Foundation Models for Generalized Deepfake Detection

    Sep 28, 2026Fengming Gu, Mingjie He, Zonghui Guo +2Vision Foundation Model AdaptationDeepfake Detection

    School of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China · State Key Laboratory of AI Safety, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China +1

  22. NutriVision: Ingredient-Conditioned Fusion and Prediction for Single-Image Food Nutrition Estimation

    Sep 27, 2026Avinash Anand, Aman Kumar, Chaitanya Lakhchaura +4Feature FusionMulti-Source Image Fusion

    Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore · Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi, India · Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA +1

  23. FuseReg: Regularizing Layer Fusion Mitigates the Reconstruction-Generation Gap in Representation Autoencoders

    Sep 25, 2026Hongyang Du, Yunfei Xie, Junjie Ye +13AutoencodersImage Reconstruction

    USC PSI Lab · Brown University · Rice University +4

  24. CG-HAF: An Interpretable Global-Local Lesion-Burden Fusion Framework for Ordinal Acne Severity Grading in Agentic Skincare Support

    Sep 25, 2026Muhammad Muhtasim Shahriar, Md. Naimur Asif Borno, Saad Aloteibi +1Medical Image AnalysisExplainable Medical Image Analysis

    Department of Computer Science, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Chittagong, Bangladesh · Department of Mechatronics, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Applied Studies, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11437, Saudi Arabia +3

  25. Complementary Roles of Radiomics and Foundation Representations in Renal Cell Carcinoma Classification: A Comparative Study of 2D and 3D CT Encodings

    Sep 22, 2026Yuan Liang, Sourav Bhattacharjee, Abraham CampbellMedical Imaging Foundation ModelsOncology

    Research Ireland Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning · School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  26. Calibrating Retrieval Geometry: Reliability-Guided Training-Free Aggregation for Visual Place Recognition

    Sep 22, 2026Xin Li, Zhimin Mao, Shang Wang +2Visual Place RecognitionFeature Fusion

    Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology CAS, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, 710119, China · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

  27. Alliance Beats Isolation: Unifying Heterogeneous Allied Datasets Improves Classifier Performance

    Sep 17, 2026Girish Keshav PalshikarCross-Domain Transfer LearningClassification

  28. STUNet-Fusion: Spatiotemporal Needle-Tip Localization in Ultrasound Video via Multi-Channel Motion Fusion

    Sep 16, 2026Chia-Chi Hsu, Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Che-Chou ShenMedical Image LocalizationUltrasound Imaging

    National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

  29. VertiFuseX: Generalizable Financial Forecasting via Multi-Stream Temporal Fusion

    Sep 11, 2026Aashish Bohra, Vivek VijayFinancial ForecastingNon-Stationary Time Series Forecasting

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India · Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhour, Inida

  30. Predicting Collision Cross Sections with GRACE: Geometric Residual Adduct Conditioning via Early-fusion

    Sep 10, 2026Parthasarathy Suryanarayanan, Susanta Das, Shreyans Sethi +2Molecular Property PredictionMass Spectrometry

    IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, United States · Center for Computational Life Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Research, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States · Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States