Fundamentals of Quantitative Evaluation

Abstract

This chapter introduces basic concepts concerning the application of methods described in Part I to clinical data, and the evaluation of respective segmentations. The goal of quantitative evaluation of segmentation accuracy is to make statements as to how accurate a method is, and whether method A is more accurate than method B. As for the quantification of segmentation accuracy, Section 6.1 introduces a set of measures that quantify the dissimilarity of one segmentation to another. These measures quantify differences between segmentations.