FUSAR-R1: A Large-Scale Reasoning Model for Intelligent Interpretation of SAR Images

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.16819v1
• Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:31:11 GMT
• Title: FUSAR-R1: A Large-Scale Reasoning Model for Intelligent Interpretation of SAR Images
• Abstract summary: Large-scale vision-language models have been driving a paradigm shift in intelligent remote sensing image interpretation.<n>Existing vision-language models do not yet possess the step-by-step analysis, logical judgment, and self-correction capabilities of human experts.<n>This paper proposes a large-scale reasoning model, FUSAR-R1, for intelligent interpretation of SAR images.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: In recent years, large-scale vision-language models have been driving a paradigm shift in intelligent remote sensing image interpretation. By incorporating textual semantic information, the cognitive expression, semantic understanding, and human-computer interaction capabilities of interpretation models have been significantly improved, achieving initial progress in the field of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image interpretation. However, SAR images are affected by factors such as coherent imaging mechanisms, complex scattering characteristics, speckle noise interference, and target-background coupling, resulting in complex and variable image features with significant uncertainties and specializations. Existing SAR vision-language models do not yet possess the step-by-step analysis, logical judgment, and self-correction capabilities of human experts, making it difficult to support reliable intelligent interpretation in complex scenarios. To address this issue, this paper proposes a large-scale reasoning model, FUSAR-R1, for intelligent interpretation of SAR images. The model first constructs explicit chain-of-thought reasoning data by simulating the interpretation process of human experts and uses this data to guide instruction learning, thereby endowing the model with basic reasoning capabilities. Subsequently, a reinforcement learning strategy is introduced to optimize the model's outputs based on inference results, enabling self-correction and more reliable reasoning. Experimental results demonstrate that FUSAR-R1 consistently outperforms existing multimodal large-scale models across various SAR interpretation tasks, including target detection, target counting and classification, and land-cover category recognition.

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