MaDiNet: Mamba Diffusion Network for SAR Target Detection

TL;DR

MaDiNet is a novel neural network designed for SAR target detection that effectively captures target features and background interference, achieving state-of-the-art results on multiple datasets.

Contribution

The paper introduces MaDiNet, a new diffusion-based network with a MambaSAR module for improved SAR target detection in complex environments.

Findings

Achieves state-of-the-art performance on SAR datasets.

Effectively captures spatial structural information of targets.

Enhances differentiation between targets and backgrounds.

Abstract

The fundamental challenge in SAR target detection lies in developing discriminative, efficient, and robust representations of target characteristics within intricate non-cooperative environments. However, accurate target detection is impeded by factors including the sparse distribution and discrete features of the targets, as well as complex background interference. In this study, we propose a \textbf{Ma}mba \textbf{Di}ffusion \textbf{Net}work (MaDiNet) for SAR target detection. Specifically, MaDiNet conceptualizes SAR target detection as the task of generating the position (center coordinates) and size (width and height) of the bounding boxes in the image space. Furthermore, we design a MambaSAR module to capture intricate spatial structural information of targets and enhance the capability of the model to differentiate between targets and complex backgrounds. The experimental results on extensive SAR target detection datasets achieve SOTA, proving the effectiveness of the proposed network. Code is available at \href{https://github.com/JoyeZLearning/MaDiNet}{https://github.com/JoyeZLearning/MaDiNet}.