Infrared Technology, Volume. 47, Issue 6, 729(2025)

Infrared Small Target Detection with Mixed-Frequency Feature Fusion Detection Model

Cairong LI, Zhishe WANG, Jinhong LI, Naikui REN*, and Chunfa WANG
Author Affiliations
  • Shanxi Center of Technology Innovation for Light Manipulations and Applications, School of Applied Science, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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    Received: Apr. 9, 2024

    Accepted: Jul. 3, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 3, 2025

    The Author Email: REN Naikui (rennaikui@tyust.edu.cn)

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