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Acoustic feature-guided sonar object detection via shadow-aware attention and contrast-response enhancement

Sep 2026 · Journal of Real-Time Image Processing · Vol 23 · 0 citations · 54 references

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SonarOBB, an acoustic-structure-guided oriented object detection framework specifically designed for sonar imaging, maintains real-time inference speed with low computational overhead, demonstrating a favorable accuracy–efficiency trade-off under challenging low-contrast and noisy sonar conditions.

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