# Radio astronomical images object detection and segmentation: A benchmark on deep learning methods Source: [Radio astronomical images object detection and segmentation: A benchmark on deep learning methods]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-26T01:21:27.030Z Authors: Renato Sortino, Daniel Magro, Giuseppe Fiameni, Eva Sciacca, Simone Riggi, Andrea DeMarco, Concetto Spampinato, Andrew M. Hopkins, Filomena Bufano, Francesco Schillir\\\`o, Cristobal Bordiu, Carmelo Pino Published: 2023-03-08T10:55:24.000Z ## Abstract In recent years, deep learning has been successfully applied in various scientific domains. Following these promising results and performances, it has recently also started being evaluated in the domain of radio astronomy. In particular, since radio astronomy is entering the Big Data era, with the advent of the largest telescope in the world - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the task of automatic object detection and instance segmentation is crucial for source finding and analysis. In this work, we explore the performance of the most affirmed deep learning approaches, applied to astronomical images obtained by radio interferometric instrumentation, to solve the task of automatic source detection. This is carried out by applying models designed to accomplish two different kinds of tasks: object detection and semantic segmentation. The goal is to provide an overview of existing techniques, in terms of prediction performance and computational efficiency, to scientists in the astrophysics community who would like to employ machine learning in their research. ## 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]()