MODULAR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS, DATABASES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING AUTOMATED IMAGE SEGMENTATION PROGRAMS

A system for training and deployment of automated image segmentation algorithms is provided. The system includes a database; one or more user interfaces for curating collections of images and annotating images that are stored in the database; a structured library of annotations that form a dictionary for defining features within an image; a means for training a deep learning model according to a set of annotations applied to a collection of images; a means for deploying a plurality of deep learning models from the set of applied annotations, the plurality of deep learning models including a nested set of annotations such that a first model segments a first set of features within the image and a second model segments the first set of features of the first model and at least one additional feature of the image; and a means for transfer learning, wherein at least one of the plurality of deep learning models deployed for a first collection of images is used to accelerate retraining of the deep learning model for a second class of images defined by the second collection.