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Attention-based appearance reconstruction for remote sensing small object detection with UAV imagery

Sep 2026 · Signal, Image and Video Processing · Vol 20 · 0 citations · 23 references

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Results verify that AARM effectively enhances the representation of small objects in complex remote sensing conditions of UAVs and achieves stable improvements in detection accuracy while maintaining high inference speed.

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