A semi-supervised boundary segmentation network for remote sensing images

Abstract Accurately segmenting remote sensing images remains challenging due to the diverse target scales and ambiguous structural boundaries. In this work, we propose a semi-supervised boundary segmentation network (BS-GAN) to address these challenges. BS-GAN employs a semi-supervised learning appr...

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Main Authors: Yongdong Chen, Zaichun Yang, Liangji Zhang, Weiwei Cai
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85125-9
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description Abstract Accurately segmenting remote sensing images remains challenging due to the diverse target scales and ambiguous structural boundaries. In this work, we propose a semi-supervised boundary segmentation network (BS-GAN) to address these challenges. BS-GAN employs a semi-supervised learning approach to reduce dependency on labeled data while introducing a novel mixed attention (MA) mechanism to enhance segmentation accuracy by aggregating long-range contextual information. Additionally, we develop a Boundary Gating Module (BGM) to refine boundary segmentation through a multi-task learning strategy focused on boundary feature enhancement. Experimental results on three benchmark datasets demonstrate that BS-GAN achieves superior accuracy and generalization capabilities compared to existing segmentation networks.
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spelling doaj-art-9431e442c75547788cda40f2c90809f82025-01-19T12:19:29ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-0115111610.1038/s41598-025-85125-9A semi-supervised boundary segmentation network for remote sensing imagesYongdong Chen0Zaichun Yang1Liangji Zhang2Weiwei Cai3Shaoxing University Yuanpei CollegeCollege of Computer and Mathematics, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Computer and Mathematics, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Computer and Mathematics, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyAbstract Accurately segmenting remote sensing images remains challenging due to the diverse target scales and ambiguous structural boundaries. In this work, we propose a semi-supervised boundary segmentation network (BS-GAN) to address these challenges. BS-GAN employs a semi-supervised learning approach to reduce dependency on labeled data while introducing a novel mixed attention (MA) mechanism to enhance segmentation accuracy by aggregating long-range contextual information. Additionally, we develop a Boundary Gating Module (BGM) to refine boundary segmentation through a multi-task learning strategy focused on boundary feature enhancement. Experimental results on three benchmark datasets demonstrate that BS-GAN achieves superior accuracy and generalization capabilities compared to existing segmentation networks.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85125-9
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title A semi-supervised boundary segmentation network for remote sensing images
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