Annotation Efforts in Image Segmentation can be Reduced by Neural Network Bootstrapping

Abstract: Modern medical technology offers potential for the automatic generation of datasets that can be fed into deep learning systems. However, even though raw data for supporting diagnostics can be obtained with manageable effort, generating annotations is burdensome and time-consuming. Since annotating images for semantic segmentation is particularly exhausting, methods to reduce the human effort are especially valuable. We propose a combined framework that utilizes unsupervised machine learning to automatically generate segmentation masks. Experiments on two biomedical datasets show that our approach generates noticeably better annotations than Otsu thresholding and k-means clustering without needing any additional manual effort. Using our framework, unannotated datasets can be amended with pre-annotations fully unsupervised thus reducing the human effort to a minimum.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Annotation Efforts in Image Segmentation can be Reduced by Neural Network Bootstrapping ; volume:8 ; number:2 ; year:2022 ; pages:329-332 ; extent:4 ; Current directions in biomedical engineering ; 8, Heft 2 (2022), 329-332 (gesamt 4)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Rettenberger, Luca ; Schilling, Marcel ; Reischl, Markus

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/cdbme-2022-1084
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022090315365065581489
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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