VirtualShave: Automated hair removal from digital dermatoscopic images

Author

Fiorese, M. ; Peserico, E. ; Silletti, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

5145

Lastpage

5148

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091274

Filename

6091274