Spectral-Enhanced Transformers: Leveraging Large-Scale Pretrained Models for Hyperspectral Object Tracking

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Main Authors: Mohamed, Shaheer, Fernando, Tharindu, Sridharan, Sridha, Moghadam, Peyman, Fookes, Clinton
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author Mohamed, Shaheer
Fernando, Tharindu
Sridharan, Sridha
Moghadam, Peyman
Fookes, Clinton
author_facet Mohamed, Shaheer
Fernando, Tharindu
Sridharan, Sridha
Moghadam, Peyman
Fookes, Clinton
contents Hyperspectral object tracking using snapshot mosaic cameras is emerging as it provides enhanced spectral information alongside spatial data, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of material properties. Using transformers, which have consistently outperformed convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in learning better feature representations, would be expected to be effective for Hyperspectral object tracking. However, training large transformers necessitates extensive datasets and prolonged training periods. This is particularly critical for complex tasks like object tracking, and the scarcity of large datasets in the hyperspectral domain acts as a bottleneck in achieving the full potential of powerful transformer models. This paper proposes an effective methodology that adapts large pretrained transformer-based foundation models for hyperspectral object tracking. We propose an adaptive, learnable spatial-spectral token fusion module that can be extended to any transformer-based backbone for learning inherent spatial-spectral features in hyperspectral data. Furthermore, our model incorporates a cross-modality training pipeline that facilitates effective learning across hyperspectral datasets collected with different sensor modalities. This enables the extraction of complementary knowledge from additional modalities, whether or not they are present during testing. Our proposed model also achieves superior performance with minimal training iterations.
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spellingShingle Spectral-Enhanced Transformers: Leveraging Large-Scale Pretrained Models for Hyperspectral Object Tracking
Mohamed, Shaheer
Fernando, Tharindu
Sridharan, Sridha
Moghadam, Peyman
Fookes, Clinton
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
Hyperspectral object tracking using snapshot mosaic cameras is emerging as it provides enhanced spectral information alongside spatial data, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of material properties. Using transformers, which have consistently outperformed convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in learning better feature representations, would be expected to be effective for Hyperspectral object tracking. However, training large transformers necessitates extensive datasets and prolonged training periods. This is particularly critical for complex tasks like object tracking, and the scarcity of large datasets in the hyperspectral domain acts as a bottleneck in achieving the full potential of powerful transformer models. This paper proposes an effective methodology that adapts large pretrained transformer-based foundation models for hyperspectral object tracking. We propose an adaptive, learnable spatial-spectral token fusion module that can be extended to any transformer-based backbone for learning inherent spatial-spectral features in hyperspectral data. Furthermore, our model incorporates a cross-modality training pipeline that facilitates effective learning across hyperspectral datasets collected with different sensor modalities. This enables the extraction of complementary knowledge from additional modalities, whether or not they are present during testing. Our proposed model also achieves superior performance with minimal training iterations.
title Spectral-Enhanced Transformers: Leveraging Large-Scale Pretrained Models for Hyperspectral Object Tracking
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18748