Toward Faster and Accurate Detection of Craters
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DOI: 10.1109/lgrs.2025.3557756
Abstract: Impact craters are the most frequent geological features that a spacecraft may encounter while landing or navigating on planetary surfaces like those of Mars. A spacecraft’s Terrain-Relative Navigation (TRN) can be improved by automated extraction… read more here.
Keywords: detection; accurate detection; faster accurate; detection craters ... See more keywords
XAttDnet: Explainable Deep Convolutional Network for Crater Detection and Pose Estimation During Lunar Landing
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DOI: 10.1109/taes.2025.3580700
Abstract: Intelligent algorithms through the recent developments of artificial intelligence (AI) are making enormous progress in providing intelligence to the decision-making process for space vehicles descending on the Moon. However, the trust in freely deploying them… read more here.
Keywords: detection pose; xattdnet explainable; xattdnet; pose estimation ... See more keywords
A Novel Approach for Multiscale Lunar Crater Detection by the Use of Path-Profile and Isolation Forest Based on High-Resolution Planetary Images
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2022.3153721
Abstract: Crater detection from planetary images is a challenging issue due to the complicated variations in geometry shape, illumination, and scale. An automatic crater detection algorithm (CDA) that is robust to these factors is, therefore, necessary.… read more here.
Keywords: planetary images; path; multiscale; crater detection ... See more keywords
High-Accuracy Crater Detection for Complex Planetary Surfaces
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2025.3560283
Abstract: Impact craters play a crucial role in planetary science, as they serve as windows into the geological evolution of planetary surfaces and are key considerations in selecting landing sites. However, most existing crater detection algorithms… read more here.
Keywords: planetary surfaces; crater detection; detection complex; high accuracy ... See more keywords
Query Refined and Spatially Enhanced Algorithm for Small- and Medium-Sized Crater Detection and Cataloging
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2025.3609759
Abstract: Small- and medium-sized craters (SMCs) play a key role in the field of deep space exploration, whose detection and measurement face problems such as fringe blurring and low contrast due to their size. This study… read more here.
Keywords: detection; medium sized; crater detection; smc ... See more keywords
Crater detection from commercial satellite imagery to estimate unexploded ordnance in Cambodian agricultural land
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229826
Abstract: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) pose a significant threat to post-conflict communities, and current efforts to locate bombs rely on time-intensive and dangerous in-person enumeration. Very high resolution (VHR) sub-meter satellite images may offer a low-cost and… read more here.
Keywords: crater; satellite; crater detection; unexploded ordnance ... See more keywords