Laser & Infrared, Volume. 55, Issue 3, 436(2025)

Multi-scale cascaded fusion network for infrared small target segmentation

YANG Xin-yu, YANG Xiao-mei*, and FANG Xuan
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  • College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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    Received: Jun. 3, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 23, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: YANG Xiao-mei (yangxiaomei@scu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5078.2025.03.018

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