arxivcs.CVeess.SY2026-07-08
Widest-Path Reachability Fields for Connectivity-Preserving Slender Structure Segmentation
Youcheng Zong, Runda Jia, Minxuan Hu, Weilan Su, Dakuo He
Segmenting slender curvilinear structures such as retinal vessels, cracks, and roads demands topological correctness, as even a single-pixel discontinuity can fragment a continuous network and invalidate downstream analysis. Under standard binary-mask supervision, models optimize…