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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 12, 1237008(2025)

Improved Lightweight Traffic Sign Detection Algorithm for YOLOv8n

Xianglong Luo^1、*, Wenxin Lü¹, Zhenyue Shi², and Ruochen Liu¹

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¹College of Information Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, Shaanxi , China

²Technical Research Institute, Shougang Group, Beijing 100043, China

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Xianglong Luo, Wenxin Lü, Zhenyue Shi, Ruochen Liu. Improved Lightweight Traffic Sign Detection Algorithm for YOLOv8n[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(12): 1237008

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Paper Information

Category: Digital Image Processing

Received: Oct. 15, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 25, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 12, 2025

The Author Email: Xianglong Luo (xlluo@chd.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP242109

CSTR:32186.14.LOP242109

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