Table 3.

Performance comparison of segmentation results and subsequent error analysis using existing methods in ImageJ/FIJI. Results are reported in as slice average ± standard deviation.

Segmentation method	Dice Similarity Coefficient (%)	Pearson’s correlation (%)	Modified Hausdorff Distance (pixels)
Auto local thresholding	58 ± 13.1	57.6 ± 11.2	5 ± 4
Region growing	64.1 ± 15.6	63.3 ± 11.9	4 ± 3
Otsu/Renyi Entropy	65.2 ± 11.3	66.4 ± 10.3	4 ± 3
Proposed method	84.3 ± 0.3	83.9 ± 0.3	3 ± 2