Removal of Specular Reflections in Endoscopic Images

Abstract

During an endoscopic examination, pictures from the inside of the human body are displayed on a computer monitor. Disturbing light reflections are often visible in these images. In this paper, we present an approach for removing these reflections and replacing them by an estimate obtained using a spectral deconvolution algorithm.

Keywords

• endoscopy
• light reflection removal
• spectral deconvolution
• defect interpolation