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Improved Multispectral Target Detection Using Target-Specific Spectral Reconstruction

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Nicola Acito
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Michael Alibani
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Marco Diani *
DOI:10.3390/rs18050760delete
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Abstract

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Hyperspectral sensors provide high spectral resolution, enabling accurate material discrimination and effective target detection. However, their practical use is constrained by limited spatial resolution and high acquisition costs. This paper proposes a novel framework to enhance small-target detection in multispectral imagery by leveraging deep learning-based spectral reconstruction to generate high-resolution hyperspectral representations from multispectral inputs. Two state-of-the-art reconstruction networks, MST++ and MIRNet, are trained using paired multispectral–hyperspectral samples derived from AVIRIS-NG data through proper spectral response functions. To improve discriminative capability for the target of interest, a rapid, target-specific fine-tuning stage is introduced, allowing the models to adapt to spectral signatures that are poorly represented or absent in the original training data. Target detection is performed using a spectral signature-based detector applied to the reconstructed hyperspectral data. The proposed framework is evaluated in a real-world scenario involving known field-deployed targets and hyperspectral imagery acquired from an unmanned aerial vehicle. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach significantly outperforms baseline detection applied directly to multispectral data. These findings underscore the effectiveness of spectral reconstruction for downstream tasks such as target detection, particularly in scenarios where hyperspectral data are expensive or unavailable.
Keywords:
target detection
spectral reconstruction
hyperspectral
multispectral

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Remote Sensing cover
Remote Sensing
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italian naval academy
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university of pisa
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