What is Semantic Segmentation?

Semantic segmentation involves labeling each pixel in an image with a class category. This creates a color-coded mask showing exactly which pixels belong to objects like roads, vehicles, buildings, or organs. It's the most detailed form of image annotation used for training high-performance AI models.


Use Cases by Industry


Medical & Healthcare

• Segmenting organs, cells, tumors, and tissues at pixel level
• Analyzing medical scans for disease progression
• Precise mapping for AI-assisted surgery planning

Autonomous Vehicles

• Scene understanding: roads, lanes, pedestrians, vehicles, sidewalks
• Pixel-level mapping for LiDAR-camera fusion
• Creating datasets for perception modules

Retail & Smart Inventory

• Shelf-level product segmentation
• Detecting packaging types and shelf space distribution
• Pixel-wise categorization of customer activity zones in smart stores

Agriculture

• Identifying crops, weeds, and soil boundaries
• Drone imagery segmentation for crop health analytics
• Monitoring irrigation zones and disease spread

Construction & Infrastructure

• Semantic segmentation of buildings, materials, machinery in aerial views
• Site monitoring for equipment and safety zoning
• Identifying risk-prone areas in construction progress maps

Aerospace & Satellite Imaging

• Land cover classification (urban, water, vegetation, etc.)
• Mapping coastlines, roads, and infrastructure from satellite imagery
• Forest fire and environmental change monitoring

Why Use Semantic Segmentation?

  • Offers the highest annotation precision
  • Vital for models needing scene context and pixel-level accuracy
  • Improves AI model performance in dense environments
  • Supported Tools & Formats

  • Tools: Supervisely, V7, CVAT, Segments.ai
  • Formats: PNG masks, COCO, TFRecords, JSON, Pascal VOC, custom schema

Why Choose Wisepl?

  • Pixel-perfect labeling by expert annotators
  • Strong experience in healthcare, automotive, and geospatial domains
  • Custom QC layers and project monitoring
  • Secure, GDPR- and HIPAA-compliant data handling