Title :
VirtualShave: Automated hair removal from digital dermatoscopic images
Author :
Fiorese, M. ; Peserico, E. ; Silletti, A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
VirtualShave is a novel tool to remove hair from digital dermatoscopic images. First, individual hairs are identified using a top-hat filter followed by morphological postprocessing. Then, they are replaced through PDE-based inpainting with an estimate of the underlying occluded skin. VirtualShave´s performance is comparable to that of a human operator removing hair manually, and the resulting images are almost indistinguishable from those of hair-free skin.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; image classification; image reconstruction; image segmentation; medical image processing; skin; PDE based inpainting; VirtualShave tool; automated hair removal; digital dermatoscopic image; image segmentation; morphological postprocessing; skin; top hat filter; Decision trees; Hair; Humans; Image color analysis; Image segmentation; Lesions; Skin; Algorithms; Dermoscopy; Hair; Humans; Image Enhancement; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Melanoma; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Skin Neoplasms; Subtraction Technique;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091274
