A survey of image labelling for computer vision applications

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Contributors

  • Christoph Sager - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Christian Janiesch - , University of Würzburg (Author)
  • Patrick Zschech - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)

Abstract

Supervised machine learning methods for image analysis require large amounts of labelled training data to solve computer vision problems. The recent rise of deep learning algorithms for recognising image content has led to the emergence of many ad-hoc labelling tools. With this survey, we capture and systematise the commonalities as well as the distinctions between existing image labelling software. We perform a structured literature review to compile the underlying concepts and features of image labelling software such as annotation expressiveness and degree of automation. We structure the manual labelling task by its organisation of work, user interface design options, and user support techniques to derive a systematisation schema for this survey. Applying it to available software and the body of literature, enabled us to uncover several application archetypes and key domains such as image retrieval or instance identification in healthcare or television.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-110
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Business Analytics
Volume4
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • image annotation, image labelling software, methodologies and tools, supervised machine learning, Survey