Morphology-optimized Multi-Scale Fusion: Combining Local Artifacts and Mesoscopic Semantics for Deepfake Detection and Localization

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Auteurs principaux: Shuai, Chao, Wang, Gaojian, Pan, Kun, Wu, Tong, Jin, Fanli, Tan, Haohan, Li, Mengxiang, Liu, Zhenguang, Lin, Feng, Ren, Kui
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author Shuai, Chao
Wang, Gaojian
Pan, Kun
Wu, Tong
Jin, Fanli
Tan, Haohan
Li, Mengxiang
Liu, Zhenguang
Lin, Feng
Ren, Kui
author_facet Shuai, Chao
Wang, Gaojian
Pan, Kun
Wu, Tong
Jin, Fanli
Tan, Haohan
Li, Mengxiang
Liu, Zhenguang
Lin, Feng
Ren, Kui
contents While the pursuit of higher accuracy in deepfake detection remains a central goal, there is an increasing demand for precise localization of manipulated regions. Despite the remarkable progress made in classification-based detection, accurately localizing forged areas remains a significant challenge. A common strategy is to incorporate forged region annotations during model training alongside manipulated images. However, such approaches often neglect the complementary nature of local detail and global semantic context, resulting in suboptimal localization performance. Moreover, an often-overlooked aspect is the fusion strategy between local and global predictions. Naively combining the outputs from both branches can amplify noise and errors, thereby undermining the effectiveness of the localization. To address these issues, we propose a novel approach that independently predicts manipulated regions using both local and global perspectives. We employ morphological operations to fuse the outputs, effectively suppressing noise while enhancing spatial coherence. Extensive experiments reveal the effectiveness of each module in improving the accuracy and robustness of forgery localization.
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spellingShingle Morphology-optimized Multi-Scale Fusion: Combining Local Artifacts and Mesoscopic Semantics for Deepfake Detection and Localization
Shuai, Chao
Wang, Gaojian
Pan, Kun
Wu, Tong
Jin, Fanli
Tan, Haohan
Li, Mengxiang
Liu, Zhenguang
Lin, Feng
Ren, Kui
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
While the pursuit of higher accuracy in deepfake detection remains a central goal, there is an increasing demand for precise localization of manipulated regions. Despite the remarkable progress made in classification-based detection, accurately localizing forged areas remains a significant challenge. A common strategy is to incorporate forged region annotations during model training alongside manipulated images. However, such approaches often neglect the complementary nature of local detail and global semantic context, resulting in suboptimal localization performance. Moreover, an often-overlooked aspect is the fusion strategy between local and global predictions. Naively combining the outputs from both branches can amplify noise and errors, thereby undermining the effectiveness of the localization. To address these issues, we propose a novel approach that independently predicts manipulated regions using both local and global perspectives. We employ morphological operations to fuse the outputs, effectively suppressing noise while enhancing spatial coherence. Extensive experiments reveal the effectiveness of each module in improving the accuracy and robustness of forgery localization.
title Morphology-optimized Multi-Scale Fusion: Combining Local Artifacts and Mesoscopic Semantics for Deepfake Detection and Localization
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13776