# Should we do something about EM segmenter?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-do-something-about-em-segmenter/4382>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 6, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-do-something-about-em-segmenter/4382 "2018-10-06T21:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-do-something-about-em-segmenter/4382/5 "2019-05-30T12:46:57Z")

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All classic automatic segmentation methods (that were developed in the last few decades) have been abandoned and all efforts are directed to make deep learning based methods work. Even when limitations of this new approach will become apparent, it is very unlikely that classic methods, such as the EM segmenter, would ever return, as computing infrastructure, skills of researchers, familiarity of clinicians, and investment of companies and hospitals will all make the landscape more favorable for deep learning based methods.

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