1. A method for expediting post-processing of an object in an image being segmented using a mesh, comprising: identifying a post-processing task to be performed upon the object after segmentation using the mesh ( 22 ); determining information required for the post-processing task ( 24 ); encoding the information on the mesh ( 30 ); segmenting the object in a new image using the mesh with encoded information ( 36 ); and performing the post-processing task by extracting the encoded information from the mesh ( 40 ).