Table 9 Summary of dataset collection, preprocessing, and annotation.

From: ResNet-based image processing approach for precise detection of cracks in photovoltaic panels

Aspect

Description

Data collection

2,000 EL images (monocrystalline & polycrystalline).

Labeling method

Images labeled into 0%, 33%, 67%, 100% defect probability.

Image preprocessing

Converted to 8-bit grayscale, and normalized for lighting.

Contrast adjustment

Histogram equalization applied to standardize brightness and visibility.

Data augmentation

Random flips, rotation, cropping, zoom, and Gaussian noise (via PyTorch).

Standardization

Pixel intensity scaled to [0, 1]; orientation and framing standardized.

Class imbalance

Balanced using oversampling and class-weighted “BCEWithLogitsLoss”.