Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(6), P. 2640 - 2640
Published: March 17, 2025
Satellite
imagery
segmentation
is
essential
for
effective
land
resource
management.
However,
diverse
geographical
landscapes
may
limit
accuracy
in
practical
applications.
To
address
these
challenges,
we
propose
the
F-Segformer
network,
which
incorporates
a
Variational
Information
Bottleneck
(VIB)
module
to
enhance
feature
selection
within
SegFormer
architecture.
The
VIB
serves
as
selector,
providing
improved
regularization,
while
well
adapted
unseen
domains.
Combining
methods,
our
robustly
enhanced
performance
new
regions
that
do
not
appear
training
process.
Additionally,
employ
Online
Hard
Example
Mining
(OHEM)
prioritize
challenging
samples
during
training,
setting
helps
with
accelerating
model
convergence
even
co-trained
loss.
Experimental
results
on
LoveDA
dataset
show
method
can
achieve
comparable
result
well-known
domain-adaptation
methods
without
using
data
from
target
domain.
In
scenario
when
trained
domain
and
tested
an
domain,
shows
significant
improvement.
Last
but
least,
OHME
converge
three
times
faster
than
OHME.
Journal of Healthcare Engineering,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
2022, P. 1 - 16
Published: April 15, 2022
Deep
learning
has
been
extensively
applied
to
segmentation
in
medical
imaging.
U-Net
proposed
2015
shows
the
advantages
of
accurate
small
targets
and
its
scalable
network
architecture.
With
increasing
requirements
for
performance
imaging
recent
years,
cited
academically
more
than
2500
times.
Many
scholars
have
constantly
developing
This
paper
summarizes
image
technologies
based
on
structure
variants
concerning
their
structure,
innovation,
efficiency,
etc.;
reviews
categorizes
related
methodology;
introduces
loss
functions,
evaluation
parameters,
modules
commonly
imaging,
which
will
provide
a
good
reference
future
research.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
122, P. 103453 - 103453
Published: Aug. 1, 2023
Forest
Change
Detection
(FCD)
is
a
critical
component
of
natural
resource
monitoring
and
conservation
strategies,
enabling
informed
decision-making.
Various
methods
utilizing
the
power
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
have
been
developed
for
detecting
categorizing
changes
in
forest
cover
using
remote
sensing
(RS)
data.
One
prominent
AI-powered
approach
U-Net,
deep
learning
(DL)
architecture
famous
its
segmentation
proficiency.
However,
standard
U-Net
fails
to
effectively
capture
intricate
spatial
dependencies
long-range
contextual
information
present
imagery.
To
address
this
research
gap,
we
introduce
an
attention-residual-based
novel
DL
model
which
leverages
Sentinel-2
satellite
images
map
alterations
vegetation
tropical
region.
Our
enhances
by
seamlessly
integrating
strengths
harnessing
attention
mechanisms
strategically
amplify
crucial
features,
leveraging
cutting-edge
residual
connections
facilitate
smooth
flow
gradient
propagation.
These
meticulous
design
choices
enabled
precise
feature
extraction,
resulting
improved
computational
performance
proposed
method
compared
Standard
Deeplabv3+,
Deep
Res-U-Net,
Attention
U-Net.
The
classification
results
demonstrate
enhanced
efficiency
our
model,
achieving
Mean
Intersection
over
Union
(MIoU)
0.9330
on
test
dataset.
This
surpasses
(0.9146),
(0.9029),
Deeplabv3+
(0.9247),
Res-U-Net
(0.9282).
comparative
analysis
ground
truth
reproductions
unveiled
superior
detection
capabilities
accurately
identifying
non-forest
polygons,
surpassing
both
augmented
with
mechanism,
along
other
state-of-the-art
techniques,
thereby
highlighting
efficacy.
model's
broad
applicability
can
support
managers
ecologists
rapidly
evaluating
long-term
ramifications
infrastructure
initiatives,
such
as
roads,
forests,
including
those
Brunei.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
120, P. 103332 - 103332
Published: May 11, 2023
Deforestation
has
become
a
major
cause
of
climate
change,
and
as
result,
both
characterizing
the
drivers
estimating
segmentation
maps
deforestation
have
piqued
interest
researchers.
In
computer
vision
domain,
Vision
Transformers
(ViTs)
shown
their
superiority
compared
to
extensively
utilized
convolutional
neural
networks
(CNNs)
over
last
couple
years.
Although,
ViTs
several
challenges,
specifically
in
remote
sensing
image
processing,
including
significant
complexity
that
increases
computation
costs
need
for
much
higher
reference
data
than
CNNs.
As
such,
this
paper,
we
introduce
an
attention
gates
aided
TransU-Net,
called
TransU-Net++
semantic
with
application
mapping
two
South
American
forest
biomes,
i.e.,
Atlantic
Forest
Amazon
Rainforest.
The
heterogeneous
kernel
convolution
(HetConv),
U-Net,
gates,
are
all
proposed
advantage.
significantly
increased
performance
TransU-Net's
dataset
by
about
4%,
6%,
16%,
respectively,
terms
overall
accuracy,
F1-score,
recall,
respectively.Moreover,
results
show
developed
TrasnU-Net++
model
(0.921)
achieves
highest
Area
under
ROC
Curve
value
3-band
other
models,
ICNet
(0.667),
ENet
(0.69),
SegNet
(0.788),
U-Net
(0.871),
Attention
U-Net-2
(0.886),
R2U-Net
(0.888),
TransU-Net
(0.889),
Swin
(0.893),
ResU-Net
(0.896),
U-Net+++
(0.9),
(0.908),
respectively.
code
will
be
made
publicly
available
at
https://github.com/aj1365/TransUNetplus2.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(5), P. 1118 - 1118
Published: Feb. 24, 2022
The
selection
and
representation
of
remote
sensing
image
classification
features
play
crucial
roles
in
accuracy.
To
effectively
improve
the
accuracy
features,
an
improved
U-Net
network
framework
based
on
multi-feature
fusion
perception
is
proposed
this
paper.
This
adds
channel
attention
module
(CAM-UNet)
to
original
cascades
shallow
with
deep
semantic
replaces
layer
a
support
vector
machine,
finally
uses
majority
voting
game
theory
algorithm
fuse
multifeature
results
obtain
final
results.
study
used
forest
distribution
Xingbin
District,
Laibin
City,
Guangxi
Zhuang
Autonomous
Region
as
research
object,
which
Landsat
8
multispectral
images,
and,
by
combining
spectral
spatial
advanced
overcame
influence
reduction
resolution
that
occurs
deepening
experimental
showed
can
Before
improvement,
overall
segmentation
forestland
increased
from
90.50%
92.82%
95.66%
97.16%,
respectively.
cover
obtained
paper
be
input
data
for
regional
ecological
models,
conducive
development
accurate
real-time
vegetation
growth
change
models.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(5), P. 1342 - 1342
Published: Feb. 28, 2023
Southern
Africa
experiences
a
great
number
of
wildfires,
but
the
dependence
on
low-resolution
products
to
detect
and
quantify
fires
means
both
that
there
is
time
lag
many
small
fire
events
are
never
identified.
This
particularly
relevant
in
miombo
woodlands,
where
frequent
predominantly
small.
We
developed
cutting-edge
deep-learning-based
approach
uses
freely
available
Sentinel-2
data
for
near-real-time,
high-resolution
detection
Mozambique.
The
importance
main
bands
their
derivatives
was
evaluated
using
TreeNet,
top
five
variables
were
selected
create
three
training
datasets.
designed
UNet
architecture,
including
contraction
expansion
paths
bridge
between
them
with
several
layers
functions.
then
added
attention
gate
units
(AUNet)
residual
blocks
(RAUNet)
architecture.
trained
models
efficiency
all
high
(intersection
over
union
(IoU)
>
0.85)
increased
more
variables.
first
an
RAUNet
architecture
has
been
used
events,
it
performed
better
than
AUNet
models—especially
detecting
fires.
model
had
IoU
=
0.9238
overall
accuracy
0.985.
suggest
others
test
large
datasets
from
different
regions
other
satellites
so
may
be
applied
broadly
improve
wildfires.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(20), P. 3852 - 3852
Published: Oct. 17, 2024
Remote
sensing
images
provide
a
valuable
way
to
observe
the
Earth’s
surface
and
identify
objects
from
satellite
or
airborne
perspective.
Researchers
can
gain
more
comprehensive
understanding
of
by
using
variety
heterogeneous
data
sources,
including
multispectral,
hyperspectral,
radar,
multitemporal
imagery.
This
abundance
different
information
over
specified
area
offers
an
opportunity
significantly
improve
change
detection
tasks
merging
fusing
these
sources.
review
explores
application
deep
learning
for
in
remote
imagery,
encompassing
both
homogeneous
scenes.
It
delves
into
publicly
available
datasets
specifically
designed
this
task,
analyzes
selected
models
employed
detection,
current
challenges
trends
field,
concluding
with
look
towards
potential
future
developments.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(15), P. 3591 - 3591
Published: July 27, 2022
The
selection
and
representation
of
classification
features
in
remote
sensing
image
play
crucial
roles
accuracy.
To
effectively
improve
the
accuracy,
an
improved
U-Net
algorithm
fusing
attention
multiscale
is
proposed
this
paper,
called
spatial
attention-atrous
pyramid
pooling
(SA-UNet).
This
framework
connects
atrous
(ASPP)
with
convolutional
units
encoder
original
form
residuals.
ASPP
module
expands
receptive
field,
integrates
network,
enhances
ability
to
express
shallow
features.
Through
fusion
residual
module,
deep
are
deeply
fused,
characteristics
further
used.
mechanism
used
combine
semantic
information
so
that
decoder
can
recover
more
information.
In
study,
crop
distribution
central
Guangxi
province
was
analyzed,
experiments
were
conducted
based
on
Landsat
8
multispectral
images.
experimental
results
showed
increases
accuracy
increasing
from
93.33%
96.25%,
segmentation
sugarcane,
rice,
other
land
increased
96.42%,
63.37%,
88.43%
98.01%,
83.21%,
95.71%,
respectively.
agricultural
planting
area
obtained
by
be
as
input
data
for
regional
ecological
models,
which
conducive
development
accurate
real-time
growth
change
models.