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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Small-Target Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv11n.

Ke Zeng, Wangsheng Yu, Xianxiang Qin, Siyu Long

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ke ZengGraduate School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, China.
Wangsheng YuSchool of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710077, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0968-8951
Xianxiang QinSchool of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710077, China.
Siyu LongGraduate School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, China.

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Research on Semantic Change Detection in PolSAR Images with Limited Samples by Knowledge Guidance and Data Drive 2025JC-YBMS-255
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Abstract

Target detection in UAV aerial photography scenarios faces challenges of small targets and complex backgrounds. Thus, we proposed an improved YOLOv11n small-target detection algorithm. First, a detection head is added to the 160 × 160 resolution feature layer, and non-adjacent layer feature is fused via Asymptotic Feature Pyramid Network (AFPN) to alleviate feature loss caused by downsampling and reduce cross-level feature conflicts. Second, the Spatial Channel Attention SPPF (SCASPPF) module replaces the original Spatial Pyramid Pooling-Fast (SPPF) module to highlight key features and suppress irrelevant ones. Moreover, the loss function is enhanced by fusing MPDIoU and InnerIoU to boost detection accuracy. Finally, Inception Deep Convolution (IDC) is adopted to improve the C3k2 module, expanding the model's receptive field and enhancing small-target detection performance. Experiments on the Visdrone2019 dataset show that the algorithm achieves 39.256% mAP@0.5, 6.689% higher than 32.567% mAP@0.5 of the benchmark model (YOLOv11n).

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AFPNdroneIDCInnerIoUMPDIoUsmall-target detectionSPPFYOLOv11n

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PMCPMC12788067

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