Enhanced coordinate attention network with centralized visual center for infrared small target detection

Xingjian Li; Weihua Wang; Gao Chen; Hanqing Wu

doi:10.1117/12.3004086

11 October 2023 Enhanced coordinate attention network with centralized visual center for infrared small target detection

Xingjian Li, Weihua Wang, Gao Chen, Hanqing Wu

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Proceedings Volume 12800, Sixth International Conference on Computer Information Science and Application Technology (CISAT 2023); 1280040 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3004086
Event: 6th International Conference on Computer Information Science and Application Technology (CISAT 2023), 2023, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

Single-Frame Infrared Small Target (SIRST) detection aims to extract small and dim objects from the background of heavy noise and clutter. Traditional detection methods rely on handcrafted feature templates and prior knowledge, which exhibit inferior robustness in complex environments. Despite achieving promising outcomes, the existing detection methods based on CNN still suffer from the issues of small targets being lost in deep layers and long-range dependency problems. In this paper, we propose a cnn-based enhanced coordinate attention network with centralized visual center (CVC-ECANet) for infrared small target detection. Specifically, features of small target can be extracted properly by densely nested structure, where the enhanced coordinate attention module (ECAM) in nodes can enhance the features and maintain them in deep layers. In addition, by incorporating the centralized visual center module (CVCM) after the deepest layer of the network, global long-range dependencies can be captured and shallow features can be centrally modulated. Extensive experiments were conducted on the SIRST dataset, and the results demonstrate that the proposed method performs well in terms of probability of detection (Pd), false-alarm rate (Fa), and intersection of union (IoU).

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Xingjian Li, Weihua Wang, Gao Chen, and Hanqing Wu "Enhanced coordinate attention network with centralized visual center for infrared small target detection", Proc. SPIE 12800, Sixth International Conference on Computer Information Science and Application Technology (CISAT 2023), 1280040 (11 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3004086

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Target detection

Small targets

Infrared radiation

Infrared detectors

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Infrared imaging

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