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International Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON)

Quantum-Enhanced Cycle Generative Adversarial Network for Image-to-Image Translation

Jari Fathi El, Suchada Sitjongsataporn

Published Mar 1, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1109/ieecon68065.2026.11707079

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