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Xiujing Li¹, Haifei Zhang¹, Yiliu Hang¹

¹Information Engineering, Nantong Institute of Technology, Nantong, Chongchuan, China.

|July 31, 2025

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We developed MGAC-YOLO, an enhanced algorithm for small target detection in unmanned aerial vehicles. This method significantly improves accuracy and reduces missed detections, outperforming existing models.

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics

Background:

Small target detection in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) faces challenges like missed detections and low accuracy.
Existing algorithms often struggle with the subtle features of small targets in complex environments.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an enhanced small target detection algorithm, MGAC-YOLO, for UAVs.
To improve the accuracy and reduce missed detections in small target identification.

Main Methods:

Developed the MConv (Multi-layer Convolution) module to enhance information capture in the backbone network.
Integrated GAM (Global Attention Mechanism) and CloAttention (Contextualized Local and Global Attention) into a GACAttention module for multi-perspective feature extraction.
Incorporated an additional small target detection layer to capture shallower-level features.

Main Results:

MGAC-YOLO demonstrated improved Precision (5.3%), mAP50 (6.3%), and mAP50-95 (4.4%) compared to the YOLOv8s baseline on the VisDrone2019 dataset.
The algorithm showed superior performance against other leading small target detection methods.
Enhanced feature processing and reduced missed detections were observed.

Conclusions:

The proposed MGAC-YOLO algorithm effectively addresses the limitations of small target detection in UAVs.
The novel MConv and GACAttention modules, along with the extra detection layer, significantly boost detection performance.
MGAC-YOLO offers a superior solution for accurate and reliable small target identification in aerial imagery.