ImageSegmentationFilter [image,marker]
segments part of image specified by marker and returns an image mask.
ImageSegmentationFilter
ImageSegmentationFilter [image,marker]
segments part of image specified by marker and returns an image mask.
Details and Options
- ImageSegmentationFilter segments objects or components of interest in an image and returns it as a single-channel image. It is also known as image matting and foreground separation.
- The following marker specifications can be given:
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pos segments the component containing the position pos{pos1,pos2,…} segments the component containing all posi
- The following options can be given:
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TargetDevice "CPU" the target device on which to perform training
- Possible settings for PerformanceGoal include:
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Automatic automatic tradeoff between speed and quality"Balanced" medium quality for average speed"Quality" optimize for quality of final results"Speed" optimize for speed of getting results
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Get a mask for an object specified by a point:
Get a mask for a segment specified by a bounding box:
Scope (1)
Use different markers to specify the objects to segment:
Use a single point:
Use multiple points as markers:
Get the mask:
Use a rectangle as a marker:
Get the mask:
Highlight the image with the computed mask:
Options (1)
PerformanceGoal (1)
Compare the result using "Speed":
Compare the result using "Quality":
Applications (2)
Find a mask based on an image segment:
Blur the background to focus on the object of interest:
Segmenting a person in a Toulouse-Lautrec painting:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2024), ImageSegmentationFilter, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageSegmentationFilter.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2024. "ImageSegmentationFilter." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageSegmentationFilter.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2024). ImageSegmentationFilter. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageSegmentationFilter.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_imagesegmentationfilter, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ImageSegmentationFilter}", year="2024", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageSegmentationFilter.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_imagesegmentationfilter, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ImageSegmentationFilter}, year={2024}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageSegmentationFilter.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}