Table 6 Qualitative comparison of pose estimation results across different models. The mark denotes successful estimation (anatomically valid and visually accurate), and ✗ denotes obvious failures.

From: Deep learning-based approaches for human pose estimation in interdisciplinary physics applications

Scene type

OpenPose

AlphaPose

HRNet

HSTPN+APRS (Ours)

Partial Occlusion (Upper Body)

Crowded Scene (3+ Persons)

Fast Movement (SportsPose)

Low-light Environment

Failure Case 1 (Overlapping Legs)

Failure Case 2 (Full-body Occlusion)