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Mask RCNN vs. Faster R-CNN

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Mask RCNN vs. Faster R-CNN

Both

Mask RCNN

and

Faster R-CNN

are commonly used in computer vision projects. Below, we compare and contrast

Mask RCNN

and

Faster R-CNN

.

  Mask RCNN Faster R-CNN
Date of Release Oct 23, 2017
Model Type Instance Segmentation Object Detection
Architecture
GitHub Stars 22500 7800

Mask RCNN

Mask RCNN is a convolutional neural network for instance segmentation.

How to AugmentHow to LabelHow to Plot PredictionsHow to Filter PredictionsHow to Create a Confusion Matrix

Faster R-CNN

One of the most accurate object detection algorithms but requires a lot of power at inference time. A good choice if you can do processing asynchronously on a server.

How to AugmentHow to LabelHow to Plot PredictionsHow to Filter PredictionsHow to Create a Confusion Matrix
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