University of Tehran Press Earth Observation and Geomatics Engineering 2588-4352 8 1 2024 06 01 ChangeCoTNet : Building Change Detection by Contextual Transformer Deep Network 100922 10.22059/eoge.2025.378306.1153 EN Akram Eftekhari School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 0009-0005-5470-1499 Farhad Samadzadegan School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran 0000-0003-3439-5648 Farzaneh DadrasJavan Dept. Of photogrammetry, School of Surveying and Geo Spatial Engineering, University of Tehran Journal Article 2024 06 23 Building change detection (BCD) is a critical task in remote sensing, with applications in urban management and disaster assessment. However, achieving high accuracy in high-resolution BCD remains challenging due to the complexity of urban scenes. In this study, we propose ChangeCoTNet, a novel dual-branch deep learning model that integrates Contextual Transformer (CoT) blocks in the encoder and a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) in the decoder. The CoT blocks enable the extraction of both static and dynamic contextual representations, while the Channel Attention Block (CAB) enhances discriminative feature extraction. The proposed model was implemented and evaluated on the LEVIR-CD and 2DCD datasets using a PyTorch backend. Experimental results demonstrate that ChangeCoTNet outperforms state-of-the-art methods, achieving F1-score improvements of 1.1% and 1.9% for the respective datasets. These results validate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed model in detecting changes with high precision and recall, making it a valuable tool for real-world applications. https://eoge.ut.ac.ir/article_100922_b12cfb356544c9bf08a9bff044e86bdb.pdf