Segmentation metric misinterpretations in bioimage analysis.


Journal

Nature methods
ISSN: 1548-7105
Titre abrégé: Nat Methods
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101215604

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Jul 2023
Historique:
received: 26 09 2022
accepted: 06 06 2023
medline: 28 7 2023
pubmed: 28 7 2023
entrez: 27 7 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Quantitative evaluation of image segmentation algorithms is crucial in the field of bioimage analysis. The most common assessment scores, however, are often misinterpreted and multiple definitions coexist with the same name. Here we present the ambiguities of evaluation metrics for segmentation algorithms and show how these misinterpretations can alter leaderboards of influential competitions. We also propose guidelines for how the currently existing problems could be tackled.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37500758
doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-01942-8
pii: 10.1038/s41592-023-01942-8
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Dominik Hirling (D)

Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Szeged, Hungary.
Doctoral School of Computer Science, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

Ervin Tasnadi (E)

Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Szeged, Hungary.
Doctoral School of Computer Science, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

Juan Caicedo (J)

Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Maria V Caroprese (MV)

Sartorius, Corporate Research, Royston, UK.

Rickard Sjögren (R)

Sartorius, Corporate Research, Umeå, Sweden.
CellVoyant Technologies Ltd, Bristol, UK.

Marc Aubreville (M)

Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany.

Krisztian Koos (K)

Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Szeged, Hungary.

Peter Horvath (P)

Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Szeged, Hungary. horvath.peter@brc.hu.
Single-Cell Technologies Ltd, Szeged, Hungary. horvath.peter@brc.hu.
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. horvath.peter@brc.hu.

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