JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 14(2): 266-283, doi: 10.3217/jucs-014-02-0266
Detailing a Quantitative Method for Assessing Algorithms to Remove Back-to-Front Interference in Documents
expand article infoRafael Dueire Lins‡, João Marcelo Monte Da Silva§, Fernando Mário Junqueira Martins|
‡ Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil| Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Corresponding author: Rafael Lins ( rdl@ufpe.br )

© Rafael Lins, João Marcelo Monte Da Silva, Fernando Mário Junqueira Martins.
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Citation: Lins RD, João Marcelo Monte Da Silva, Martins FMJ (2008) Detailing a Quantitative Method for Assessing Algorithms to Remove Back-to-Front Interference in Documents. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 14(2): 266-283. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-014-02-0266
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Abstract
Documents written on both sides on translucent paper make visible the ink from one side on the other. This artefact is called "back-to-front interference", "bleeding" or "show-through". The direct binarization of documents with such interference yields unreadable documents. The literature presents several algorithms for suitably removing such artefact. This paper presents a quantitative method to assess algorithms to remove back-to-front interference.
Keywords
document engineering, back-to-front interference, show-through, bleeding