segmentation

[ seg-muhn-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. division into segments.
2. Biology.
   1. the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts.
   2. cell division.

segmentation

/ ˌsɛɡmɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of dividing into segments
2. embryol another name for cleavage
3. zoology another name for metamerism

Other Words From

• nonseg·men·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of segmentation¹

First recorded in 1850–55; segment + -ation

Example Sentences

Integrative and Reference-Informed tissue Segmentation, or IRIS, is a novel machine learning and artificial intelligence method that gives biomedical researchers the ability to view more precise information about tissue development, disease pathology and tumor organization.

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Hayes explained that this type of segmentation could be used to develop tailored products that account for the specific "sour liker" taste profile.

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AI models learn how to carry out such tasks by using a set of data that are annotated by humans, but the process of distinguishing cells from their background, called "single-cell segmentation," is both time-consuming and laborious.

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"The images that come out of our model are ready to be used to train segmentation models," Shariati said.

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It could take researchers several days to manually perform cell segmentation on just 100 microscopy images.

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