UM-YOLOv10: Underwater Object Detection Algorithm for Marine Environment Based on YOLOv10 Model

• Published in: Fishes Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 173
• Main Authors: Mai, Rengui, Wang, Ji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2025
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Aquatic animals; biological target detection; Comparative analysis; complex marine environments; Datasets; Deep layer; Identification and classification; improved YOLOv10; Localization; Machine learning; Machine vision; Marine environment; Marine resources; Marine resources management; Methods; Neural networks; Ocean floor; R-AM; Ranches; Underwater; China
• ISSN: 2410-3888; 2410-3888
• DOI: 10.3390/fishes10040173

In order to address the challenges of a low detection accuracy, missed detections, and false detections in marine precious biological target detection within complex marine environments, this paper presents a novel residual attention module called R-AM. This module is integrated into the backbone network of the YOLOv10 model to improve the model’s focus on the detailed features of biological targets during feature extraction. Additionally, the introduction of a bidirectional feature pyramid with adaptive feature fusion in the neck network enhances the integration of semantic information from deep layers, and localization cues from shallow layers improve the model’s ability to distinguish targets from their environments. The experimental data showed that the improved YOLOv10 model achieved 92.89% at mAP@0.5, increasing by 1.31% compared to the original YOLOv10 model. Additionally, the mAP@0.5:0.95 was 77.13%, indicating a 3.71% improvement over the original YOLOv10 model. When compared to the Faster R-CNN, SSD, RetinaNet, YOLOv6, and YOLOv7 models, the enhanced model exhibited increases of 1.5%, 1.7%, 4.06%, 4.7%, and 1.42% in mAP@0.5, respectively. This demonstrates a high detection accuracy and robust stability in complex seabed environments, providing valuable technical support for the scientific management of marine resources in underwater ranches.