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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 10, 1037009(2025)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Small Target Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv8n

Lizhi Zhu¹ and Hui Wei^1,2、*

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¹School of Mathematics and Big Data, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui , China

²School of Mathematics and Computing Science, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi , China

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Paper Information

Category: Digital Image Processing

Received: Sep. 24, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 2, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 28, 2025

The Author Email: Wei Hui (89192138@qq.com)

DOI:10.3788/LOP242022

CSTR:32186.14.LOP242022

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