title: VirtualShave: automated hair removal from digital dermatoscopic images.
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.
authors.affiliation: Univ Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiorese
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peserico
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silletti
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013382:Subtraction Technique