YOLOv12-enhanced: multi-scale attention and edge information fusion for industrial valve nozzle detection

Bo Liu; Jian Zhang

doi:10.54254/2977-3903/2026.32185

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Received: 9 March 2026

Published: 10 March 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2977-3903/2026.32185

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Liu,B.;Zhang,J. (2026). YOLOv12-enhanced: multi-scale attention and edge information fusion for industrial valve nozzle detection. Advances in Engineering Innovation,17(3),80-91.

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