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+categories:
+ - Imaging
+description: Background removal filters using scikit-image
+long_description: Tool to perform a background removal using 1) Rolling-Ball Algorithm, 2) Difference of Gaussians and 3) Top-Hat Filter
+name: background_removal
+owner: ufz
+homepage_url: https://github.com/bmcv
+remote_repository_url: https://github.com/BMCV/galaxy-image-analysis/tools/background_removal
diff --git a/tools/background_removal/background_removal.py b/tools/background_removal/background_removal.py
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+import argparse
+import warnings
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+import numpy as np
+import skimage.io
+from skimage.filters import difference_of_gaussians
+from skimage.io import imread
+from skimage.morphology import disk, white_tophat
+from skimage.restoration import rolling_ball
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+def process_image(args):
+ image = imread(args.input_image)
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+ if args.filter == "rolling_ball":
+ background_rolling = rolling_ball(image, radius=args.radius)
+ output_image = image - background_rolling
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+ elif args.filter == "dog":
+ output_image = difference_of_gaussians(image, low_sigma=0, high_sigma=args.radius)
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+ elif args.filter == "top_hat":
+ output_image = white_tophat(image, disk(args.radius))
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+ with warnings.catch_warnings():
+ output_image = convert_image_to_format_of(output_image, image)
+ skimage.io.imsave(args.output, output_image, plugin="tifffile")
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+def convert_image_to_format_of(image, format_image):
+ """
+ Convert the first image to the format of the second image.
+ """
+ if format_image.dtype == image.dtype:
+ return image
+ elif format_image.dtype == np.uint8:
+ return skimage.util.img_as_ubyte(image)
+ elif format_image.dtype == np.uint16:
+ return skimage.util.img_as_uint(image)
+ elif format_image.dtype == np.int16:
+ return skimage.util.img_as_int(image)
+ else:
+ raise ValueError(f'Unsupported image data type: {format_image.dtype}')
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+def main():
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Background removal script using skiimage")
+ parser.add_argument('input_image', help="Input image path")
+ parser.add_argument('filter', choices=['rolling_ball', 'dog', 'top_hat'],
+ help="Background removal algorithm")
+ parser.add_argument('radius', type=float, help="Radius")
+ parser.add_argument('output', help="Output image path")
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+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ process_image(args)
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+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()
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+ with scikit-image
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+ This tool applies different background removal algorithms to an image:
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+ - Top-hat filter
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+ 10.1109/MC.1983.1654163
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