Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 10, 240196(2024)

Small target detection in sonar images with multilevel feature screening and task dynamic alignment

Yan Wang, Honghui Wang, Shudong Liu*, Yan Zhang, and Zeyu Hao
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  • School of Computer and Information Engineering,Tianjin Chengjian University,Tianjin 300000,China
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    Yan Wang, Honghui Wang, Shudong Liu, Yan Zhang, Zeyu Hao. Small target detection in sonar images with multilevel feature screening and task dynamic alignment[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2024, 51(10): 240196

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    Category: Article

    Received: Aug. 20, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 21, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

    The Author Email: Shudong Liu (刘树东)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2024.240196

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