Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images

Image segmentation is considered as a key research topic in the area of computer vision. It is pivotal in a broad range of real-life applications. Recently, the emergence of deep learning drives significant advancement in image segmentation; the developed systems are now capable of recognizing, segm...

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Main Authors: Imran Ahmed, Misbah Ahmad, Fakhri Alam Khan, Muhammad Asif
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description Image segmentation is considered as a key research topic in the area of computer vision. It is pivotal in a broad range of real-life applications. Recently, the emergence of deep learning drives significant advancement in image segmentation; the developed systems are now capable of recognizing, segmenting, and classifying objects of specific interest in images. Generally, most of these techniques primarily focused on the asymmetric field of view or frontal view objects. This work explores widely used deep learning-based models for person segmentation using top view data set. The first model employed in this work is Fully Convolutional Neural Network (FCN) with Resnet-101 architecture. The network consists of a set of max-pooling and convolution layers to identify pixel-wise class labels and prediction of the mask. The second model is based on FCN called U-Net with Encoder-Decoder architecture. The encoder is mainly comprised of a contracting path, also called an encoder, which captures the context in the image and symmetric expanding path called decoder to enable accurate location. The third model used for top view person segmentation is a DeepLabV3 model also with encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder consists of trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to encode feature maps of the input image. The decoder is used for up-sampling and reconstruction of output using important information extracted by the encoder. All segmentation models are firstly tested using pre-trained models (trained on frontal view data set). To improve the performance, these models are further trained using person data set captured from a top view. The output of all models consists of a segmented person in the top view images. The experimental results reveal the effectiveness and performance of segmentation models by achieving <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$IoU$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of 83&#x0025;, 84&#x0025;, and 86&#x0025; and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$mIoU$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of 80&#x0025; 82&#x0025; and 84&#x0025; for FCN, U-Net, and DeepLabv3 respectively. Furthermore, the discussion is provided for output results with possible future guidelines.
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spelling doaj-art-d35636f9415545129d1dfbfd15dc8a3f2025-01-30T00:00:52ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01813636113637310.1109/ACCESS.2020.30114069146648Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person ImagesImran Ahmed0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-286XMisbah Ahmad1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7013-0159Fakhri Alam Khan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9130-1874Muhammad Asif3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-2527Center of Excellence in IT, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, PakistanCenter of Excellence in IT, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, PakistanCenter of Excellence in IT, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, PakistanDepartment of Computer Science, National Textile University, Faisalabad, PakistanImage segmentation is considered as a key research topic in the area of computer vision. It is pivotal in a broad range of real-life applications. Recently, the emergence of deep learning drives significant advancement in image segmentation; the developed systems are now capable of recognizing, segmenting, and classifying objects of specific interest in images. Generally, most of these techniques primarily focused on the asymmetric field of view or frontal view objects. This work explores widely used deep learning-based models for person segmentation using top view data set. The first model employed in this work is Fully Convolutional Neural Network (FCN) with Resnet-101 architecture. The network consists of a set of max-pooling and convolution layers to identify pixel-wise class labels and prediction of the mask. The second model is based on FCN called U-Net with Encoder-Decoder architecture. The encoder is mainly comprised of a contracting path, also called an encoder, which captures the context in the image and symmetric expanding path called decoder to enable accurate location. The third model used for top view person segmentation is a DeepLabV3 model also with encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder consists of trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to encode feature maps of the input image. The decoder is used for up-sampling and reconstruction of output using important information extracted by the encoder. All segmentation models are firstly tested using pre-trained models (trained on frontal view data set). To improve the performance, these models are further trained using person data set captured from a top view. The output of all models consists of a segmented person in the top view images. The experimental results reveal the effectiveness and performance of segmentation models by achieving <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$IoU$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of 83&#x0025;, 84&#x0025;, and 86&#x0025; and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$mIoU$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of 80&#x0025; 82&#x0025; and 84&#x0025; for FCN, U-Net, and DeepLabv3 respectively. Furthermore, the discussion is provided for output results with possible future guidelines.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9146648/Deep learningsemantic segmentationtop view personFCNU-NetDeepLab
spellingShingle Imran Ahmed
Misbah Ahmad
Fakhri Alam Khan
Muhammad Asif
Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images
IEEE Access
Deep learning
semantic segmentation
top view person
FCN
U-Net
DeepLab
title Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images
title_full Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images
title_fullStr Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images
title_short Comparison of Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation Models: Using Top View Person Images
title_sort comparison of deep learning based segmentation models using top view person images
topic Deep learning
semantic segmentation
top view person
FCN
U-Net
DeepLab
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9146648/
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