System and method for scanned image bleedthrough processing

A method for removing bleedthrough from an image, said method comprising:

• scanning a document to provide an electronic first image;
• scanning said document to provide an electronic second image, wherein said first and second images are associated with juxtaposed sides of said document;
• generating a putative bleedthrough pixel mapping for said first image;
• processing said putative bleedthrough pixel mapping using information with respect to said second image;
• and
• replacing pixels of said first image corresponding to putative bleedthrough pixels of said mapping.

A computer program product having a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for removing bleedthrough from an image, said computer program product comprising:

• code for generating a putative bleedthrough pixel mapping for a first image;
• code for processing said putative bleedthrough pixel mapping using information with respect to a second image, wherein said first image and said second image are associated with juxtaposed sides of a document;
• and
• code for replacing pixels of said first image corresponding to putative bleedthrough pixels of said mapping.

A system for removing bleedthrough from an image, said system comprising:

• means for generating a putative bleedthrough pixel mapping for a first image;
• means for comparing information with respect to a second image to said putative bleedthrough pixel mapping;
• and
• means for replacing pixels of said first image corresponding to putative bleedthrough pixels of said mapping using replacement pixels.