VirtualShave: automated hair removal from digital dermatoscopic images

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011:2011:5145-8. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091274.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Dermoscopy / methods*
  • Hair / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Subtraction Technique*