<s>
scikit-image	B-Library
(	O
formerly	O
scikits.image	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
library	B-Library
for	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
algorithms	O
for	O
segmentation	B-Algorithm
,	O
geometric	O
transformations	O
,	O
color	O
space	O
manipulation	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
filtering	O
,	O
morphology	O
,	O
feature	O
detection	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
interoperate	O
with	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
numerical	O
and	O
scientific	O
libraries	O
NumPy	B-Application
and	O
SciPy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scikit-image	B-Library
project	O
started	O
as	O
scikits.image	O
,	O
by	O
Stéfan	O
van	O
der	O
Walt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
notion	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
SciKit	O
"	O
(	O
SciPy	B-Application
Toolkit	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
separately-developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
third-party	O
extension	O
to	O
SciPy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
various	O
scikits	O
,	O
scikit-image	B-Library
as	O
well	O
as	O
scikit-learn	B-Application
were	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
well-maintained	O
and	O
popular	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scikit-image	B-Library
has	O
also	O
been	O
active	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
scikit-image	B-Library
is	O
largely	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
with	O
some	O
core	O
algorithms	O
written	O
in	O
Cython	B-Application
to	O
achieve	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
