Segmentation tag cleanup based on connected components

Abstract

A method of cleaning segmentation tags is disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention receives a set of segmentation tags and identifies a connected component within the received segmentation tags. The connected component comprising segmentation tags of preselected image types. The method further includes compiling statistics for the connected component and generating a representative tag for the connected component based upon the compiled statistics. A system in accordance the present invention comprises a tag analysis module connected to receive segmentation tags and identify weakly connected segmentation tags within said received segmentation tags; a connected component generator identifying a connected component within the received segmentation tags and a tag generation module generating a representative tag for the connected component.

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