Methods and Systems for Filtering Portions of an Image

A computer system comprising computer hardware components configured to filter portions of an image by:

• dividing the image into a plurality of segments, each segments comprising a plurality of pixels;
• determining, for each of the segments, at least one of an expected value, a standard deviation, and a kurtosis of the plurality of pixels of the respective segment;
• clustering the plurality of segments into a plurality of clusters based on the at least one of the expected value, the standard deviation, and the kurtosis of the plurality of pixels of the respective segment;
• determining, for each of the clusters, the respective cluster as belonging to a background based on a size of the respective cluster;
• and
• determining a filtered image based on the background.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when executed, configure computer hardware components of a computer system to filter portions of an image by:

• dividing the image into a plurality of segments, each segments comprising a plurality of pixels;
• determining, for each of the segments, at least one of an expected value, a standard deviation, and a kurtosis of the plurality of pixels of the respective segment;
• clustering the plurality of segments into a plurality of clusters based on the at least one of the expected value, the standard deviation, and the kurtosis of the plurality of pixels of the respective segment;
• determining, for each of the clusters, the respective cluster as belonging to a background based on a size of the respective cluster;
• and
• determining a filtered image based on the background.