{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4406171225","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2025.3527021","title":"TrCL-AGS: A Universal Sequential Triple-Stage Contrastive Learning Framework for Bacterial Detection With Across-Growth-Stage Information","display_name":"TrCL-AGS: A Universal Sequential Triple-Stage Contrastive Learning Framework for Bacterial Detection With Across-Growth-Stage Information","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-01-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4406171225","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2025.3527021"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/jiot.2025.3527021","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2025.3527021","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2480266640","display_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","issn_l":"2327-4662","issn":["2327-4662","2372-2541"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046113967","display_name":"Lesong Zheng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-7134"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lesong Zheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-7134","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061317443","display_name":"Yunbo Guo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-4884"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092817","display_name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00f58mx93","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210092817"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yunbo Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-4884","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Ying Liang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7319-7736"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3923682","display_name":"Soochow University","ror":"https://ror.org/05t8y2r12","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3923682"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ying Liang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7319-7736","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3923682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100641512","display_name":"Lirong Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9172-3746"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3923682","display_name":"Soochow University","ror":"https://ror.org/05t8y2r12","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3923682"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lirong Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9172-3746","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3923682"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001720586","display_name":"Siyu Meng","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092817","display_name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00f58mx93","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210092817"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Siyu Meng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-5948","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101019993","display_name":"Yizhi Song","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092817","display_name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00f58mx93","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210092817"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yizhi Song","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-382X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112121094","display_name":"Yuguo Tang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-6841"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092817","display_name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00f58mx93","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210092817"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuguo Tang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-6841","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092817","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":7,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.00568732,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"12","issue":"10","first_page":"14886","last_page":"14896"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13114","display_name":"Image Processing Techniques and Applications","score":0.984499990940094,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13114","display_name":"Image Processing Techniques and Applications","score":0.984499990940094,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10824","display_name":"Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques","score":0.9362000226974487,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11307","display_name":"Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning","score":0.9298999905586243,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7332739233970642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stage","display_name":"Stage (stratigraphy)","score":0.7223080396652222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4469428062438965}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7332739233970642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146357865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1123245","display_name":"Stage (stratigraphy)","level":2,"score":0.7223080396652222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4469428062438965},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/jiot.2025.3527021","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2025.3527021","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2480266640","display_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","issn_l":"2327-4662","issn":["2327-4662","2372-2541"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Internet of Things Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3697764916","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"32170173","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3815093954","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"SSD2024015","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":41,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W639708223","https://openalex.org/W1536680647","https://openalex.org/W1861492603","https://openalex.org/W2124141313","https://openalex.org/W2267374750","https://openalex.org/W2467496703","https://openalex.org/W2489619167","https://openalex.org/W2755992512","https://openalex.org/W2885002399","https://openalex.org/W3035524453","https://openalex.org/W3096609285","https://openalex.org/W3209540366","https://openalex.org/W4210787803","https://openalex.org/W4214627427","https://openalex.org/W4221120093","https://openalex.org/W4221138108","https://openalex.org/W4280552199","https://openalex.org/W4303980494","https://openalex.org/W4304944802","https://openalex.org/W4309771589","https://openalex.org/W4313506322","https://openalex.org/W4320924696","https://openalex.org/W4367310445","https://openalex.org/W4378194596","https://openalex.org/W4385348746","https://openalex.org/W4386409275","https://openalex.org/W4386967606","https://openalex.org/W4388734186","https://openalex.org/W4389151204","https://openalex.org/W4390986660","https://openalex.org/W4393124459","https://openalex.org/W4401430750","https://openalex.org/W4402170196","https://openalex.org/W4402754006","https://openalex.org/W4403770406","https://openalex.org/W6774314701","https://openalex.org/W6784094891","https://openalex.org/W6784174446","https://openalex.org/W6791353385","https://openalex.org/W6868582632","https://openalex.org/W6873881505"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"imprudent":[1],"use":[2],"of":[3,41,53,126],"antibiotics":[4],"has":[5],"led":[6],"to":[7,15,96,121,137],"increased":[8],"bacterial":[9,31,47,74,169],"resistance,":[10],"posing":[11],"a":[12,72,90,105,129,166],"serious":[13],"threat":[14],"public":[16],"health.":[17],"Traditional":[18],"visual-based":[19],"antibiotic":[20],"susceptibility":[21],"testing":[22],"(AST)":[23],"methods":[24],"are":[25,154],"time-consuming":[26],"and":[27,39,62,107,133,152],"labour-intensive.":[28],"Deep":[29],"learning-based":[30,46],"detection":[32,48,75,184],"algorithms":[33,49],"have":[34],"significantly":[35],"improved":[36],"the":[37,78,101,143,157],"efficiency":[38],"accuracy":[40],"AST.":[42],"However,":[43],"existing":[44,182],"deep":[45],"ignore":[50],"unique":[51],"challenges":[52],"AST":[54,170],"images,":[55,103],"such":[56],"as":[57],"confluent":[58],"clusters,":[59],"complex":[60],"backgrounds":[61,153],"morphologically":[63],"similar":[64,136],"noise.":[65],"To":[66],"address":[67],"these":[68],"issues,":[69],"we":[70,88],"propose":[71],"novel":[73,91],"framework":[76,82,188],"named":[77],"Triple-stage":[79],"Contrastive":[80,116,159],"Learning":[81,117,160],"with":[83,181,191],"Across-Growth-Stage":[84,92],"information":[85,99],"(TrCL-AGS).":[86],"Specifically,":[87],"design":[89],"Pre-training":[93],"(AGSP)":[94],"task":[95],"mine":[97],"across-growth-stage":[98],"from":[100],"continuous":[102],"providing":[104],"richer":[106],"more":[108],"robust":[109],"feature":[110],"space":[111],"for":[112],"subsequent":[113],"stages.":[114,146],"Instance-level":[115],"(ILCL)":[118],"is":[119,189],"constructed":[120],"extract":[122],"invariant":[123],"semantic":[124],"features":[125,135,149],"bacteria":[127,138],"at":[128],"particular":[130],"growth":[131,145],"stage":[132],"exclude":[134],"but":[139],"do":[140],"not":[141],"match":[142],"specific":[144],"Besides,":[147],"discriminative":[148],"between":[150],"objects":[151],"enhanced":[155],"by":[156],"Category-level":[158],"(CLCL)":[161],"stage.":[162],"Extensive":[163],"experiments":[164],"on":[165],"real-world":[167],"clinical":[168],"dataset":[171],"demonstrate":[172],"that":[173],"our":[174,187],"method":[175],"can":[176],"achieve":[177],"state-of-the-art":[178],"performance":[179],"compared":[180],"object":[183],"methods.":[185],"And":[186],"compatible":[190],"most":[192],"detectors.":[193]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}