Vision Transformer Backbone

Vision transformer backbones are adapting the transformer architecture, known for its success in natural language processing, to visual data processing tasks. Current research focuses on improving efficiency, including developing novel attention mechanisms (e.g., dynamic group attention, pale-shaped attention) to reduce computational complexity and memory usage, and employing token selection strategies to process only the most relevant information. These advancements aim to enhance the performance and scalability of vision transformers for various applications, such as image classification, object detection, and video analysis, while addressing limitations in handling irregular objects and large-scale datasets.

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