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REVIEW article

Front. Comput. Sci.

Sec. Computer Vision

Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2025.1437664

This article is part of the Research Topic Foundation Models for Healthcare: Innovations in Generative AI, Computer Vision, Language Models, and Multimodal Systems View all 6 articles

CNN Based 2D Object Detection Techniques: A Review

Provisionally accepted
Badri Raj Lamichhane Badri Raj Lamichhane *Gun Srijuntongsiri Gun Srijuntongsiri Teerayut Horanont Teerayut Horanont *
  • Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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    Significant advancements in object detection have transformed our understanding of everyday applications. These developments have been successfully deployed in real-world scenarios, such as vision surveillance systems and autonomous vehicles. Object recognition technologies have evolved from traditional methods to sophisticated, modern approaches. Contemporary object detection systems, leveraging high accuracy and promising results, can identify objects of interest in images and videos. The ability of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to emulate human-like vision has garnered considerable attention. This study provides a comprehensive review and evaluation of CNN-based object detection techniques, emphasizing the advancements in deep learning that have significantly improved model performance. It analyzes 1-stage, 2-stage, and hybrid approaches for object recognition, localization, classification, and identification, focusing on CNN architecture, backbone design, and loss functions. The findings reveal that while 2-stage and hybrid methods achieve superior accuracy and detection precision, 1-stage methods offer faster processing and lower computational complexity, making them advantageous in specific real-time applications.

    Keywords: CNN, Hybrid, object detection, 1-stage, 2-Stage, review

    Received: 24 May 2024; Accepted: 03 Mar 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Lamichhane, Srijuntongsiri and Horanont. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Badri Raj Lamichhane, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, 12121, Thailand
    Teerayut Horanont, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, 12121, Thailand

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