SODNet: Small Object Detection Using Deconvolutional Neural Network

Convolution neural network (CNN) is an efficient technique to detect objects in various kinds of images, especially for microaneurysm (MA) of diabetic retinopathy in retinal fundus image. This study proposes a deconvolutional neural network to accurately discriminate MA from non-MA. The deconvolution, instead of pooling operation, is embedded into the CNN to recover the erased details of feature m...