Abstract
This work introduces an attention mechanism that can be integrated into any standard convolution neural network to improve model sensitivity and prediction accuracy with minimal computational overhead. The attention mechanism is introduced in a lightweight network – Alexnet and its classification performance for human micro-Doppler signatures is evaluated. The Alexnet model trained with an attention module can implicitly highlight the salient regions in the radar signatures while suppressing the irrelevant background regions and consistently improving network predictions. Network visualizations are provided through class activation mapping, providing better insights into how the predictions are made. The visualizations demonstrate how the attention mechanism focusses on the region of interest in the radar signatures.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation |
Early online date | 30 Dec 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 30 Dec 2022 |
Keywords
- image classification
- micro Doppler
- radar target recognition