Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation

Semantic segmentation for very-high-resolution remote sensing images has been a research hotspot in the field of remote sensing image analysis. However, most existing methods still suffer from a challenge that object boundaries cannot be finely recovered. To tackle the problem, we develop a dual-str...

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Main Authors: Zhixian Nong, Xin Su, Yi Liu, Zongqian Zhan, Qiangqiang Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9416898/
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author Zhixian Nong
Xin Su
Yi Liu
Zongqian Zhan
Qiangqiang Yuan
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Xin Su
Yi Liu
Zongqian Zhan
Qiangqiang Yuan
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description Semantic segmentation for very-high-resolution remote sensing images has been a research hotspot in the field of remote sensing image analysis. However, most existing methods still suffer from a challenge that object boundaries cannot be finely recovered. To tackle the problem, we develop a dual-stream network based on the U-Net architecture, Instead of the traditional skip connections, a boundary attention module is proposed to introduce the boundary information from the EDN module to the SSN module. Experiments on ISPRS Potsdam and Vaihingen datasets show the effectiveness of the proposed network, especially in man-made objects with distinct boundaries.
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spelling doaj.art-3be78066b0f94789b2d183c8f3bf7afa2022-12-22T04:04:48ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing2151-15352021-01-01145260526810.1109/JSTARS.2021.30760359416898Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic SegmentationZhixian Nong0Xin Su1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0957-4628Yi Liu2Zongqian Zhan3Qiangqiang Yuan4School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSemantic segmentation for very-high-resolution remote sensing images has been a research hotspot in the field of remote sensing image analysis. However, most existing methods still suffer from a challenge that object boundaries cannot be finely recovered. To tackle the problem, we develop a dual-stream network based on the U-Net architecture, Instead of the traditional skip connections, a boundary attention module is proposed to introduce the boundary information from the EDN module to the SSN module. Experiments on ISPRS Potsdam and Vaihingen datasets show the effectiveness of the proposed network, especially in man-made objects with distinct boundaries.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9416898/Attention moduleedge detection subnetworksemantic segmentationvery high spatial resolution
spellingShingle Zhixian Nong
Xin Su
Yi Liu
Zongqian Zhan
Qiangqiang Yuan
Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Attention module
edge detection subnetwork
semantic segmentation
very high spatial resolution
title Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation
title_full Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation
title_fullStr Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation
title_full_unstemmed Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation
title_short Boundary-Aware Dual-Stream Network for VHR Remote Sensing Images Semantic Segmentation
title_sort boundary aware dual stream network for vhr remote sensing images semantic segmentation
topic Attention module
edge detection subnetwork
semantic segmentation
very high spatial resolution
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9416898/
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