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Context-aware SAR image ship detection and recognition network.

Chao Li¹, Chenke Yue^2,3, Hanfu Li¹

¹School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

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This study introduces a novel deep learning network for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ship detection. The method effectively handles noise and varying ship scales, improving detection accuracy in complex environments.

Keywords:

aggregation channel-wise attention context-aware ship detection synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Remote Sensing
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Deep learning advances SAR ship detection, but noise and scale variation pose challenges.
Complex backgrounds like ports and urban areas complicate feature extraction.
Small targets are prone to information loss, hindering detection.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a context-aware one-stage network for robust SAR ship detection.
To enhance sensitivity to scale variations and resistance to noise interference.
To improve detection accuracy in challenging SAR imaging conditions.

Main Methods:

Proposed a context-aware one-stage ship detection network.
Introduced a Local Feature Refinement Module (LFRM) for multi-scale local information extraction.
Designed a Global Context Aggregation Module (GCAM) for enhanced feature representation and noise suppression.

Main Results:

Achieved competitive performance on three public SAR ship detection datasets.
Demonstrated high AP50 scores: 96.3% (SAR-Ship-Dataset), 93.3% (HRSID), and 96.2% (SSDD).
The proposed network shows significant improvements in handling noise and scale variations.

Conclusions:

The developed network effectively addresses key challenges in SAR ship detection.
The LFRM and GCAM modules contribute to improved feature extraction and noise resilience.
The method offers a promising solution for accurate and reliable SAR ship detection.