medpy.metric.binary.dc

medpy.metric.binary.dc(result, reference)

Dice coefficient

Computes the Dice coefficient (also known as Sorensen index) between the binary objects in two images.

The metric is defined as

\[DC=\frac{2|A\cap B|}{|A|+|B|}\]

, where \(A\) is the first and \(B\) the second set of samples (here: binary objects).

Parameters:

resultarray_like

Input data containing objects. Can be any type but will be converted into binary: background where 0, object everywhere else.

referencearray_like

Input data containing objects. Can be any type but will be converted into binary: background where 0, object everywhere else.

Returns:

dcfloat

The Dice coefficient between the object(s) in `result` and the object(s) in `reference`. It ranges from 0 (no overlap) to 1 (perfect overlap).

Notes

This is a real metric. The binary images can therefore be supplied in any order.