Ship Detection Transformer in SAR Images Based on Key Scattering Points Feature Aggregation and Context Feature Refinement

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing Vol. 18; pp. 17820 - 17836
• Main Authors: Yin, Yifei, Yang, Zhu, Shi, Hao, Meng, Fanyu, Li, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2025
• Subjects: Accuracy; Detection transformer; Detectors; Feature extraction; Marine vehicles; Radar polarimetry; Remote sensing; Scattering; scattering points; Semantics; ship detection; Synthetic aperture radar; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Transformers

In recent years, deep learning algorithms have demonstrated significant advancements in the field of ship detection using synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Nevertheless, two primary challenges persist in the task of SAR ship detection: first, owing to the unique imaging mechanism, targets in SAR image...