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Panoptic Segmentation

A unified segmentation task that models both scene classes and separate object instances under a single framework.

Panoptic segmentation aims to unify semantic and instance segmentation into a single coherent representation. Background surfaces are modeled at the class level, while countable objects are represented at the instance level. This unified view enables more holistic interpretation of real-world scenes. It is a strong general framework especially for autonomous systems and advanced scene analytics.