{"title":"SMALNet: Segment Anything Model Aided Lightweight Network for Infrared Image Segmentation","authors":"Kun Ding , Shiming Xiang , Chunhong Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.infrared.2024.105540","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Infrared based visual perception is important for night vision of autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), etc. Semantic segmentation based on deep learning is one of the key techniques for infrared vision-based perception systems. Currently, most of the advanced methods are based on Transformers, which can achieve favorable segmentation accuracy. However, the high complexity of Transformers prevents them from meeting the real-time requirement of inference speed in resource constrained applications. In view of this, we suggest several lightweight designs that significantly reduce existing computational complexity. In order to maintain the segmentation accuracy, we further introduce the recent vision big model — Segment Anything Model (SAM) to supply auxiliary supervisory signals while training models. Based on these designs, we propose a lightweight segmentation network termed SMALNet (<u>S</u>egment Anything <u>M</u>odel <u>A</u>ided <u>L</u>ightweight <u>N</u>etwork). Compared to existing state-of-the-art method, SegFormer, it reduces 64% FLOPs while maintaining the accuracy to a large extent on two commonly-used benchmarks. The proposed SMALNet can be used in various infrared based vision perception systems with limited hardware resources.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":13549,"journal":{"name":"Infrared Physics & Technology","volume":"142 ","pages":"Article 105540"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Infrared Physics & Technology","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350449524004249","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Infrared based visual perception is important for night vision of autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), etc. Semantic segmentation based on deep learning is one of the key techniques for infrared vision-based perception systems. Currently, most of the advanced methods are based on Transformers, which can achieve favorable segmentation accuracy. However, the high complexity of Transformers prevents them from meeting the real-time requirement of inference speed in resource constrained applications. In view of this, we suggest several lightweight designs that significantly reduce existing computational complexity. In order to maintain the segmentation accuracy, we further introduce the recent vision big model — Segment Anything Model (SAM) to supply auxiliary supervisory signals while training models. Based on these designs, we propose a lightweight segmentation network termed SMALNet (Segment Anything Model Aided Lightweight Network). Compared to existing state-of-the-art method, SegFormer, it reduces 64% FLOPs while maintaining the accuracy to a large extent on two commonly-used benchmarks. The proposed SMALNet can be used in various infrared based vision perception systems with limited hardware resources.
期刊介绍:
The Journal covers the entire field of infrared physics and technology: theory, experiment, application, devices and instrumentation. Infrared'' is defined as covering the near, mid and far infrared (terahertz) regions from 0.75um (750nm) to 1mm (300GHz.) Submissions in the 300GHz to 100GHz region may be accepted at the editors discretion if their content is relevant to shorter wavelengths. Submissions must be primarily concerned with and directly relevant to this spectral region.
Its core topics can be summarized as the generation, propagation and detection, of infrared radiation; the associated optics, materials and devices; and its use in all fields of science, industry, engineering and medicine.
Infrared techniques occur in many different fields, notably spectroscopy and interferometry; material characterization and processing; atmospheric physics, astronomy and space research. Scientific aspects include lasers, quantum optics, quantum electronics, image processing and semiconductor physics. Some important applications are medical diagnostics and treatment, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.