| Title | On the Hausdorff distance used for the evaluation of segmentation results |
| Download | Downloads (Preprint) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Beauchemin, M; Thomson, K P B; Edwards, G |
| Source | Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing vol. 24, issue 1, 1998 p. 3-8, https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.1998.10874685 |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20042944 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | remote sensing; Hausdorff distance |
| Illustrations | diagrams; graphs; tables |
| Released | 2014 07 31 |
| Abstract | Image segmentation tools are widely used in remote sensing. Their implementation in most commercial image analysis packages demonstrates the interest in them. A considerable effort has been directed
toward the development of segmentation algorithms, resulting in a profusion of different techniques. In comparison, the number of tools developed for the quantitative evaluation of segmentation outputs is very limited. In fact, visual inspection is
still considered, by many, as the ultimate quality test. In this papel; a new quantitative method for the evaluation of segmentation results is presented. It relies on the partial directed Hausdorff distance. The method focuses on boundary point
matching between a segmentation output and a reference partition. The method is illustrated with a case taken from the literature and is shown to provide useful information to assess the quality of a segmentation. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 219746 |
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