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LSO-YOLO: a lightweight real-time object detection network for UAV small-object detection

Sep 2026 · Journal of Real-Time Image Processing · Vol 23 · 0 citations · 33 references

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This work proposes LSO-YOLO, a novel real-time detector optimized for UAV-based small-object detection that significantly reduces parameter count and computational cost by approximately 67% and 18.18%, respectively, while maintaining a high inference speed of 126 FPS on an NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPU, meeting the requirements for real-time detection.

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