Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 2, 240254-1(2025)

Multi-granularity feature and shape-position similarity metric method for ship detection in SAR images

Shibo Li1, Zhenjiu Xiao1、*, Haicheng Qu1, Fukun Li2, and Jingjing Wang3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Software, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, Liaoning 125105, China
  • 2College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
  • 3School of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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    Shibo Li, Zhenjiu Xiao, Haicheng Qu, Fukun Li, Jingjing Wang. Multi-granularity feature and shape-position similarity metric method for ship detection in SAR images[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2025, 52(2): 240254-1

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    Category: Article

    Received: Oct. 30, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 17, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 27, 2025

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    DOI:10.12086/oee.2025.240254

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