Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 44, Issue 2, 285(2025)

A lightweight dark object detection network for infrared images

Zhao-Xu LI1, Qing-Xu XU1, Wei AN1、*, Xu HE1, Gao-Wei GUO1, Miao LI1、**, Qiang LING1, Long-Guang WANG2, Chao XIAO1, and Zai-Ping LIN1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic Science and Technology,National University of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073,China
  • 2Aviation University of Air Force,Changchun 130000,China
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    Zhao-Xu LI, Qing-Xu XU, Wei AN, Xu HE, Gao-Wei GUO, Miao LI, Qiang LING, Long-Guang WANG, Chao XIAO, Zai-Ping LIN. A lightweight dark object detection network for infrared images[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2025, 44(2): 285

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    Paper Information

    Category: Interdisciplinary Research on Infrared Science

    Received: May. 8, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

    The Author Email: AN Wei (anwei@nudt.edu.cn), LI Miao (lm8866@nudt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2025.02.016

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