# CNN-based RGB-D Salient Object Detection: Learn, Select and Fuse Source: [CNN-based RGB-D Salient Object Detection: Learn, Select and Fuse]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-25T21:49:28.917Z Authors: Hao Chen, Youfu Li Published: 2019-09-20T03:53:53.000Z ## Abstract The goal of this work is to present a systematic solution for RGB-D salient object detection, which addresses the following three aspects with a unified framework: modal-specific representation learning, complementary cue selection and cross-modal complement fusion. To learn discriminative modal-specific features, we propose a hierarchical cross-modal distillation scheme, in which the well-learned source modality provides supervisory signals to facilitate the learning process for the new modality. To better extract the complementary cues, we formulate a residual function to incorporate complements from the paired modality adaptively. Furthermore, a top-down fusion structure is constructed for sufficient cross-modal interactions and cross-level transmissions. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed cross-modal distillation scheme in zero-shot saliency detection and pre-training on a new modality, as well as the advantages in selecting and fusing cross-modal/cross-level complements. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()