Title Fully convolutional neural network with augmented atrous spatial pyramid pool and fully connected fusion path for high resolution remote sensing image segmentation /
Authors Chen, Guangsheng ; Li, Chao ; Wei, Wei ; Jing, Weipeng ; Wozniak, Marcin ; Blažauskas, Tomas ; Damaševičius, Robertas
DOI 10.3390/app9091816
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Is Part of Applied sciences.. Basel : MDPI. 2019, vol. 9, iss. 9, art. no. 1816, p. 1-14.. ISSN 2076-3417
Keywords [eng] semantic segmentation ; remote sensing ; dilated convolution ; fully convolutional neural network ; deep learning
Abstract [eng] Recent developments in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have allowed for the achievement of solid advances in semantic segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing (HRRS) images. Nevertheless, the problems of poor classification of small objects and unclear boundaries caused by the characteristics of the HRRS image data have not been fully considered by previous works. To tackle these challenging problems, we propose an improved semantic segmentation neural network, which adopts dilated convolution, a fully connected (FC) fusion path and pre-trained encoder for the semantic segmentation task of HRRS imagery. The network is built with the computationally-efficient DeepLabv3 architecture, with added Augmented Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pool and FC Fusion Path layers. Dilated convolution enlarges the receptive field of feature points without decreasing the feature map resolution. The improved neural network architecture enhances HRRS image segmentation, reaching the classification accuracy of 91%, and the precision of recognition of small objects is improved. The applicability of the improved model to the remote sensing image segmentation task is verified.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2019
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