iEBAKER: Improved remote sensing image-text retrieval framework via eliminate before align and keyword explicit reasoning

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Yan Zhang, Zhong Ji, Changxu Meng, Yanwei Pang

Published: 2026, Last Modified: 04 Nov 2025Expert Syst. Appl. 2026EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•Proposes iEBAKER with EBA strategy to filter weakly correlated RS pairs before alignment.•Introduces SAR strategy for similarity matrix optimization via reverse retrieval ranking.•Develops KER module to exploit keyword distinctions for explicit cross-modal reasoning.•Achieves SOTA via foundation model adaptation without RS-specific pretraining or massive data.