DynaNet: A Dynamic Feature Extraction and Multi-Path Attention Fusion Network for Change Detection

Existing change detection methods often struggle with both inadequate feature fusion and interference from background noise when processing bi-temporal remote sensing imagery. These challenges are particularly pronounced in building change detection, where capturing subtle spatial and semantic dependencies is critical. To address these issues, we propose DynaNet, a dynamic feature extraction and multi-path attention fusion network for change detection. Specifically, we design a Dynamic Feature Extractor (DFE) that leverages a cross-temporal gating mechanism to amplify relevant change signals while suppressing irrelevant variations, enabling high-quality feature alignment. A Contextual Attention Module (CAM) is then employed to incorporate global contextual information, further enhancing the discriminative capability of change regions. Additionally, a Multi-Branch Attention Fusion Module (MBAFM) is introduced to model inter-scale semantic relationships through self- and cross-attention mechanisms, thereby improving the detection of fine-grained structural changes. To facilitate robust evaluation, we present a new benchmark dataset, Inner-CD, comprising 800 pairs of 256 × 256 bi-temporal satellite images with 0.5–2 m spatial resolution. Unlike existing datasets, Inner-CD features abundant buildings in both temporal images, with changes manifested as subtle morphological variations. Extensive experiments demonstrate that DynaNet achieves state-of-the-art performance, obtaining F1-scores of 90.92% on Inner-CD, 92.38% on LEVIR-CD, and 94.35% on WHU-CD.