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However, ship detection using SAR images is still challenging because these images are still affected by different degrees of noise while inshore ships are affected by shore image contrasts. To solve these problems, this paper introduces a ship detection method called N-YOLO, which based on You Only Look Once (YOLO). The N-YOLO includes a noise level classifier (NLC), a SAR target potential area extraction module (STPAE) and a YOLOv5-based detection module. First, NLC derives and classifies the noise level of SAR images. Secondly, the STPAE module is composed by a CA-CFAR and expansion operation, which is used to extract the complete region of potential targets. Thirdly, the YOLOv5-based detection module combines the potential target area with the original image to get a new image. To evaluate the effectiveness of the N-YOLO, experiments are conducted using a reference GaoFen-3 dataset. The detection results show that competitive performance has been achieved by N-YOLO in comparison with several CNN-based algorithms.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13050871","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,26]],"date-time":"2021-02-26T04:36:24Z","timestamp":1614314184000},"page":"871","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":90,"title":["N-YOLO: A SAR Ship Detection Using Noise-Classifying and Complete-Target Extraction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Gang","family":"Tang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Logistics Engineering College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China"}]},{"given":"Yichao","family":"Zhuge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Logistics Engineering College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5586-1997","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christophe","family":"Claramunt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Naval Academy Research Institute, F-29240 Lanv\u00e9oc, France"}]},{"given":"Shaoyang","family":"Men","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2687","DOI":"10.1109\/JSTARS.2016.2551730","article-title":"A Comparative Study of Operational Vessel Detectors for Maritime Surveillance Using Satellite-Borne Synthetic Aperture Radar","volume":"9","author":"Stasolla","year":"2016","journal-title":"IEEE J. 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