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- Award ID(s):
- 2025234
- PAR ID:
- 10521804
- Publisher / Repository:
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Imaging
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 10
- ISSN:
- 2313-433X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 199
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- fake and real detection convolutional neural networks
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9100199
