Noise reduction with image inpainting: an application in clinical data diagnosis

Abstract

For cytology, pathology or histology image analysis, whether performed by computer-aided algorithms or human experts, a general issue is to exclude the disturbance caused by noisy objects, especially when appeared with high similarities in shape, color and texture with target cell or tissues. In this paper, we introduce a novel model to reduce such type of noisy objects with large quantity and distribution in the microscope images based on deep learning and hand-craft features. The model experimentally reduces the false positives without effect on objects of interest for cancer detection. Moreover, it also provides much distinct images for human experts for the final diagnosis.