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Image segmentation

A short video describing how encoder-decoder networks can be used to segment images in 2 and 3 dimensions, along with a discussion of applications.

How do we use encoder-decoder networks to segment images?

In this video we look more closely at how encoder-decoder networks can be trained to segment images, as well as discussing some example applications of this. We also briefly consider the use of such methods in segmenting objects in three dimensions, for example a stack of X-ray CT images.

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