Segmentation evaluation using ultimate measurement accuracy

Yujin Zhang; Jan J. Gerbrands

doi:10.1117/12.58350

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19 May 1992 Segmentation evaluation using ultimate measurement accuracy

Yujin Zhang, Jan J. Gerbrands

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Proceedings Volume 1657, Image Processing Algorithms and Techniques III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58350
Event: SPIE/IS&T 1992 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

As a wide range of segmentation techniques have been developed in the last two decades, the evaluation and comparison of segmentation techniques becomes indispensable. In this paper, after a thorough review of previous work, we present a general approach for evaluation and comparison of segmentation techniques. More specifically, under this general framework, we propose to use the ultimate measurement accuracy to assess the performance of different algorithms. In image analysis, the ultimate goals of segmentation and other processing are often to obtain measurements of the object features in the image. Therefore, the accuracy of those ultimate measurements over segmented images would be a good index revealing the performance of segmentation techniques. We feel this measure is of much greater importance than, e.g., error probabilities on pixel labeling, or even specially developed figure of merit. There exist many features describing the properties of the objects in the image. Some of them are discussed here and their applicability and performance in the context of segmentation evaluation are studied. Based on experimental results, we provide some useful guidelines for choosing specific measurements for different evaluation situations and for selecting adequate techniques in particular segmentation applications.

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Yujin Zhang and Jan J. Gerbrands "Segmentation evaluation using ultimate measurement accuracy", Proc. SPIE 1657, Image Processing Algorithms and Techniques III, (19 May 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58350

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