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Enhanced small object detection in aerial imagery through context-aware and localization-optimized deep learning

Qinghua Lai,Lina Yang,3 Authors,Jiangtao Peng

2026 · DOI: 10.1007/s00371-026-04484-0
The Visual Computer · 0 Citations

TLDR

CALENet is proposed, a context-aware and localization-enhanced detector that features a dual-path feature extractor for dynamic feature refinement, a perceptual enhancement module (PEM) for background suppression, and an enhanced localization fusion neck (ELFN) for accurate localization.