25.2.2.3.1 Scene Text Removal, Text Erasing

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Scene Text. Text Removal. Text Erasing. Erase Text. More than text:
See also Object Removal, Inpainting After Removing Objects.

Liu, C.Y.[Chong-Yu], Liu, Y.L.[Yu-Liang], Jin, L.W.[Lian-Wen], Zhang, S.T.[Shuai-Tao], Luo, C.J.[Can-Jie], Wang, Y.P.[Yong-Pan],
EraseNet: End-to-End Text Removal in the Wild,
IP(29), 2020, pp. 8760-8775.
IEEE DOI 2009
Benchmark testing, Task analysis, Head, Image restoration, Training, Convolution, Scene text removal, generative adversarial network (GAN) BibRef

Tursun, O.[Osman], Denman, S.[Simon], Zeng, R.[Rui], Sivapalan, S.[Sabesan], Sridharan, S.[Sridha], Fookes, C.[Clinton],
MTRNet++: One-stage mask-based scene text eraser,
CVIU(201), 2020, pp. 103066.
Elsevier DOI 2011
Image inpainting, Text removal, Generative adversarial network, Text detection, Inpainting BibRef

Tang, Z.[Zhengmi], Miyazaki, T.[Tomo], Sugaya, Y.[Yoshihiro], Omachi, S.[Shinichiro],
Stroke-Based Scene Text Erasing Using Synthetic Data for Training,
IP(30), 2021, pp. 9306-9320.
IEEE DOI 2112
Image segmentation, Task analysis, Convolution, Training, Pipelines, Engines, Detectors, Scene text erasing, synthetic text, background inpainting BibRef

Lyu, G.T.[Guang-Tao], Liu, K.[Kun], Zhu, A.[Anna], Uchida, S.[Seiichi], Iwana, B.K.[Brian Kenji],
FETNet: Feature erasing and transferring network for scene text removal,
PR(140), 2023, pp. 109531.
Elsevier DOI 2305
BibRef
And: Corrigendum:
Elsevier DOI 2306
Scene text removal, Text segmentation, One-stage, Self-attention BibRef

Du, X.C.[Xiang-Cheng], Zhou, Z.[Zhao], Zheng, Y.B.[Ying-Bin], Wu, X.J.[Xing-Jiao], Ma, T.L.[Tian-Long], Jin, C.[Cheng],
Progressive scene text erasing with self-supervision,
CVIU(233), 2023, pp. 103712.
Elsevier DOI 2307
Scene text erasing, Progressive strategy, Self-supervision BibRef

Wang, Y.X.[Yu-Xin], Xie, H.T.[Hong-Tao], Wang, Z.X.[Zi-Xiao], Qu, Y.D.[Ya-Dong], Zhang, Y.D.[Yong-Dong],
What is the Real Need for Scene Text Removal? Exploring the Background Integrity and Erasure Exhaustivity Properties,
IP(32), 2023, pp. 4567-4580.
IEEE DOI 2309
BibRef

Gong, R.[Ran], Zhu, A.[Anna], Liu, K.[Kun],
Edge guided and Fourier attention-based Dual Interaction Network for scene text erasing,
IVC(154), 2025, pp. 105406.
Elsevier DOI 2502
Scene text erasing, Text segmentation, One-stage, Fourier transform BibRef

Feng, H.[Hao], Wang, W.[Wendi], Liu, S.[Shaokai], Deng, J.J.[Jia-Jun], Zhou, W.G.[Wen-Gang], Li, H.Q.[Hou-Qiang],
DeepEraser: Deep Iterative Context Mining for Generic Text Eraser,
MultMed(27), 2025, pp. 1914-1925.
IEEE DOI 2504
Iterative methods, Feature extraction, Semantics, Training, Benchmark testing, Aggregates, Image restoration, Detectors, semantic context mining BibRef


Wang, Z.X.[Zi-Xiao], Xie, H.T.[Hong-Tao], Wang, Y.X.[Yu-Xin], Qu, Y.D.[Ya-Dong], Guo, F.J.[Feng-Jun], Liu, P.W.[Peng-Wei],
Leveraging Text Localization for Scene Text Removal via Text-aware Masked Image Modeling,
ECCV24(LXVI: 357-373).
Springer DOI 2412
BibRef

Zhang, B.Q.[Bo-Qiang], Xie, H.T.[Hong-Tao], Gao, Z.[Zuan], Wang, Y.X.[Yu-Xin],
Choose What You Need: Disentangled Representation Learning for Scene Text Recognition, Removal and Editing,
CVPR24(28358-28368)
IEEE DOI 2410
Visualization, Text recognition, Disentangled representation learning, Interference, Decoding, Scene Text BibRef

Du, X.C.[Xiang-Cheng], Zhou, Z.[Zhao], Zheng, Y.B.[Ying-Bin], Ma, T.L.[Tian-Long], Wu, X.J.[Xing-Jiao], Jin, C.[Cheng],
Modeling Stroke Mask for End-to-End Text Erasing,
WACV23(6140-6148)
IEEE DOI 2302
Location awareness, Computational modeling, Detectors, Maintenance engineering, Decoding, Feeds, Low-level and physics-based vision BibRef

Lee, H.[Hyeonsu], Choi, C.[Chankyu],
The Surprisingly Straightforward Scene Text Removal Method with Gated Attention and Region of Interest Generation: A Comprehensive Prominent Model Analysis,
ECCV22(XVI:457-472).
Springer DOI 2211
BibRef

Hou, Y.J.[Yu-Jie], Chen, J.[Jiwei], Wang, Z.F.[Zeng-Fu],
Multi-branch Network with Ensemble Learning for Text Removal in the Wild,
ACCV22(III:86-102).
Springer DOI 2307
BibRef

Liu, C.[Chongyu], Jin, L.W.[Lian-Wen], Liu, Y.L.[Yu-Liang], Luo, C.[Canjie], Chen, B.[Bangdong], Guo, F.J.[Feng-Jun], Ding, K.[Kai],
Don't Forget Me: Accurate Background Recovery for Text Removal via Modeling Local-Global Context,
ECCV22(XXVIII:409-426).
Springer DOI 2211
BibRef

Conrad, B.[Benjamin], Chen, P.I.[Pei-I],
Two-Stage Seamless Text Erasing on Real-World Scene Images,
ICIP21(1309-1313)
IEEE DOI 2201
Adaptation models, Image segmentation, Entertainment industry, Media, Reliability engineering, Generators, Text erasing, Inpainting, Text segmentation BibRef

Zdenek, J., Nakayama, H.,
Erasing Scene Text with Weak Supervision,
WACV20(2227-2235)
IEEE DOI 2006
Image segmentation, Detectors, Training, Pipelines, Neural networks, Generative adversarial networks BibRef

Jaber, T., Amira, A., Milligan, P.,
Textual noise analysis and removal for effective search engines,
EUVIP10(129-133).
IEEE DOI 1110
BibRef

Pnevmatikakis, E.A.[Eftychios A.], Maragos, P.[Petros],
An inpainting system for automatic image structure-texture restoration with text removal,
ICIP08(2616-2619).
IEEE DOI 0810
BibRef

Chapter on OCR, Document Analysis and Character Recognition Systems continues in
CNN for Text Detection, Convolutional Neural Network .


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