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New FTF Framework Enhances Remote Sensing Image-Text Retrieval Efficiency

Researchers have developed a novel framework called Fast-Then-Fine (FTF) to improve the efficiency and accuracy of remote sensing image-text retrieval. This approach utilizes interaction-free multi-granular recall to quickly narrow down potential matches and a parameter-free text-guided reranking mechanism with a Balanced Text-guided Interaction Block (BTIB) to refine the results. The FTF framework also incorporates an inter- and intra-modal loss to enhance cross-modal alignment across different representation granularities. Experiments on public benchmarks show that FTF achieves competitive retrieval accuracy while significantly boosting retrieval efficiency compared to existing methods. AI

IMPACT This framework could accelerate the analysis of large volumes of remote sensing data by improving the speed and accuracy of image-text searches.

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New FTF Framework Enhances Remote Sensing Image-Text Retrieval Efficiency

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Xi Chen, Xu Chen, Xiamgyang Jia, Wei Wang, Xu Zhang, Zhenyuan Shun ·

    Efficient Remote Sensing Image-Text Retrieval via Interaction-Free Recall and Text-Guided Reranking

    arXiv:2610.36756v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Remote sensing (RS) image-text retrieval plays a critical role in understanding massive RS imagery. However, the dense multi-object distribution and complex backgrounds in RS imagery make it difficult to simultaneously achieve fine-…