CSDNet: Context-Aware Segmentation of Disaster Aerial Imagery Using Detection-Guided Features and Lightweight Transformers
2025
Ahcene Zetout | Mohand Saïd Allili
Accurate multi-class semantic segmentation of disaster-affected areas is essential for rapid response and effective recovery planning. We present CSDNet, a context-aware segmentation model tailored to disaster scene scenarios, designed to improve segmentation of both large-scale disaster zones and small, underrepresented classes. The architecture combines a lightweight transformer module for global context modeling with depthwise separable convolutions (DWSCs) to enhance efficiency without compromising representational capacity. Additionally, we introduce a detection-guided feature fusion mechanism that integrates outputs from auxiliary detection tasks to mitigate class imbalance and improve discrimination of visually similar categories. Extensive experiments on several public datasets demonstrate that our model significantly improves segmentation of both man-made infrastructure and natural damage-related features, offering a robust and efficient solution for post-disaster analysis.
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