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Boundary-Aware Multi-Scale Feature Enhancement Based Few-Shot Hyperspectral Image Semantic Segmentation
by
Xiaorong Zhang
Xiaorong Zhang 1,*,
Siyuan Li
Siyuan Li 1 and
Xi Zheng
Xi Zheng 2
1
Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 17 Xinxi Road, Xi’an High-Tech Zone, Xi’an 710119, China
2
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 97 Yanxiang Road, Yanta District, Xi’an 710061, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2026, 18(12), 1911; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18121911 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 28 April 2026
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Revised: 2 June 2026
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Accepted: 8 June 2026
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Published: 9 June 2026
Abstract
To address the issues of model overfitting under scarce samples and poor segmentation performance on slender objects in the task of semantic segmentation of remote sensing hyperspectral images, this paper proposes a hyperspectral image semantic segmentation framework that integrates edge awareness and multi-scale feature enhancement under extremely few-shot conditions. This architecture effectively integrates orthogonal-direction convolutions, elongated feature enhancement, multi-scale feature fusion, and deep supervision mechanisms, solving challenges such as difficulty in extracting features of slender objects, model overfitting under few-sample conditions, and insufficient generalization ability. The experimental results on multiple public datasets show that the proposed algorithm achieves excellent segmentation performance with just one small-sized sample per labeled category, surpassing existing popular algorithms and thereby confirming the algorithm’s effectiveness and superiority. On the PaviaU dataset, the overall accuracy (OA) and mean intersection over union (mIoU) improved by approximately 9.7% and 15.5% compared to the second-best model; especially for the segmentation of the key elongated feature ‘road’, the intersection over union reached 94.75%, highlighting the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism. This paper provides a novel and efficient solution for fine interpretation of hyperspectral images under few-sample conditions.
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Zhang, X.; Li, S.; Zheng, X.
Boundary-Aware Multi-Scale Feature Enhancement Based Few-Shot Hyperspectral Image Semantic Segmentation. Remote Sens. 2026, 18, 1911.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18121911
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Zhang X, Li S, Zheng X.
Boundary-Aware Multi-Scale Feature Enhancement Based Few-Shot Hyperspectral Image Semantic Segmentation. Remote Sensing. 2026; 18(12):1911.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18121911
Chicago/Turabian Style
Zhang, Xiaorong, Siyuan Li, and Xi Zheng.
2026. "Boundary-Aware Multi-Scale Feature Enhancement Based Few-Shot Hyperspectral Image Semantic Segmentation" Remote Sensing 18, no. 12: 1911.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18121911
APA Style
Zhang, X., Li, S., & Zheng, X.
(2026). Boundary-Aware Multi-Scale Feature Enhancement Based Few-Shot Hyperspectral Image Semantic Segmentation. Remote Sensing, 18(12), 1911.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18121911
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