BCNet: Boundary-Constrained Remote Sensing Change Detection Network Based on Vision Foundation Models

Abstract

Limited by the diversity and complexity of real-world scenes, existing remote sensing change detection methods often suffer from insufficient fine-grained semantic understanding and blurred boundaries of change targets. To address these issues, this paper proposes a boundary-constrained remote sensing change detection network based on vision foundation models (BCNet). BCNet employs a differential modeling approach and multi-branch guidance mechanism to design a differential detail enhancement module, amplifying fine-grained semantic information. Through cross-layer feature alignment, stepwise fusion, and edge-sensitive modeling, it constructs a multi-scale edge enhancement module that enhances perception of minute variations and edge details, fully leveraging the universal semantic representation capabilities of the vision foundation model. In addition, an edge feature constraint mechanism is introduced that applies dual guidance and supervision during the feature fusion and output stages. This mechanism achieves refined delineation of change region boundaries and significantly mitigates the issue of boundary blurring. Experimental results on four mainstream datasets, namely LEVIR-CD, WHU-CD, NJDS and MSRS-CD, demonstrate that BCNet outperforms 13 state-of-the-art methods in terms of key metrics including F1 and IoU. Against the best VFM-based baseline, BCNet obtains F1 score gains of 0.21%, 0.71%, 6.33% and 0.63% on the above four datasets. Specifically, the proposed method exhibits superior detection accuracy and edge detail preservation capabilities in complex regions.