Enhanced YOLO11 for lightweight and accurate drone-based maritime search and rescue object detection

Beigeng Zhao; Jiawen Zhao; Rui Song; Lizhi Yu; Xia Zhang; Jiren Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321920

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Enhanced YOLO11 for lightweight and accurate drone-based maritime search and rescue object detection

Beigeng Zhao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, College of Public Security Information Technology and Intelligence, Criminal Investigation Police University of China, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Jiawen Zhao,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Public Security Information Technology and Intelligence, Criminal Investigation Police University of China, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Rui Song,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Public Security Information Technology and Intelligence, Criminal Investigation Police University of China, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Lizhi Yu,

Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Yuhong Sub-bureau, Shenyang Public Security Bureau, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Xia Zhang ,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: liujiren@mail.neu.edu.cn (JL), zhangx@neusoft.com (XZ)

Affiliations School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, Neusoft Corporation, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-1088

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Jiren Liu

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: liujiren@mail.neu.edu.cn (JL), zhangx@neusoft.com (XZ)

Affiliations School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, Neusoft Corporation, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4006-2000

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Enhanced YOLO11 for lightweight and accurate drone-based maritime search and rescue object detection

Beigeng Zhao,
Jiawen Zhao,
Rui Song,
Lizhi Yu,
Xia Zhang,
Jiren Liu

Published: July 1, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321920

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