Authors:
            
                    Takahiro Mano
                    
                        
                    
                    ; 
                
                    Reiji Saito
                    
                        
                    
                     and
                
                    Kazuhiro Hotta
                    
                        
                    
                    
                
        
        
            Affiliation:
            
                    
                        
                    
                    Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
                
        
        
        
        
        
             Keyword(s):
            Semi-Supervised Learning, Segmentation, SupMix, ClassMix.
        
        
            
                
                
            
        
        
            
                Abstract: 
                In semantic segmentation, the creation of pixel-level labels for training data incurs significant costs. To address this problem, semi-supervised learning, which utilizes a small number of labeled images alongside unlabeled images to enhance the performance, has gained attention. A conventional semi-supervised learning method, ClassMix, pastes class labels predicted from unlabeled images onto other images. However, since ClassMix performs operations using pseudo-labels obtained from unlabeled images, there is a risk of handling inaccurate labels. Additionally, there is a gap in data quality between labeled and unlabeled images, which can impact the feature maps. This study addresses these two issues. First, we propose a method where class labels from labeled images, along with the corresponding image regions, are pasted onto unlabeled images and their pseudo-labeled images. Second, we introduce a method that trains the model to make predictions on unlabeled images more similar to tho
                se on labeled images. Experiments on the Chase and COVID-19 datasets demonstrated an average improvement of 2.07% in mIoU compared to conventional semi-supervised learning methods.
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