Small object detection based on YOLOv8 in UAV perspective

• Published in: Pattern analysis and applications : PAA Vol. 27; no. 3
• Main Authors: Ning, Tao, Wu, Wantong, Zhang, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.09.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Computer Science; Datasets; Effectiveness; Feature maps; Image enhancement; Image quality; Image resolution; Object recognition; Original Article; Pattern Recognition; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Small object; Feature fusion; UAV; Object detection

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image object detection is a challenging task, primarily due to various factors such as multi-scale objects, a high proportion of small objects, significant overlap between objects, poor image quality, and complex and dynamic scenes. To address these challenges, several...