RailNet: An Information Aggregation Network for Rail Track Segmentation

Haoran Li, Qichao Zhang, Dongbin Zhao, Yaran Chen

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Abstract

As the basis of scenes understanding for the track inspection task, track segmentation is challenging due to the various illumination conditions, track crossing, and plant coverage. Since the rail has a strong shape prior, strict rail spacing and special distribution in the image, making full use of the spatial information of the rail features becomes an important factor to improve the accuracy of rail segmentation. In this paper, an information aggregation module is proposed to enhance the spatial relationship between pixels of the rail features. In other words, this module expands the receptive field. Furthermore, we build an information aggregation network based on this module, which is called as RailNet. Finally, the RailNet is evaluated in an open train track dataset. Experimental results show that RailNet can achieve the best performance so far in the dataset of trains.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728169262
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020
Event2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2020 - Virtual, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 19 Jul 202024 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Conference

Conference2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityVirtual, Glasgow
Period19/07/2024/07/20

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