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QS-YOLOv8: a lightweight and efficient detector for small objects

Jul 2026 · The Visual Computer · Vol 42 · 0 citations · 30 references

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A high-level feature channel compression strategy is proposed, which compresses redundant high-level channels and removes the P5 detection head, thereby reducing model complexity while preserving key semantic information in a lightweight detection framework named QS-YOLOv8.

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