{
  "id": 155759,
  "title": "Body Hair Augmentation",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/155759",
  "author_name": "Aziz_Belaweid",
  "post_date": "2020-06-02T21:28:27.048000",
  "votes": 11,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I noticed there are pictures with body hair covering the lesion so I think this augmentation can be useful I'm working on it, what do you guys think ?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 872059,
      "postDate": "2020-06-02T21:28:27.050Z",
      "content": "<p>I noticed there are pictures with body hair covering the lesion so I think this augmentation can be useful I'm working on it, what do you guys think ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I noticed there are pictures with body hair covering the lesion so I think this augmentation can be useful I'm working on it, what do you guys think ?",
      "votes": 11
    },
    {
      "id": 872152,
      "postDate": "2020-06-03T00:24:09.113Z",
      "content": "<p>I need a facial hair augmentation if you can do one for me!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I need a facial hair augmentation if you can do one for me!",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 947774,
      "postDate": "2020-07-27T13:29:01.603Z",
      "content": "<p>I found this paper that compares several hair removal techniques. This might be useful.</p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://www.intechopen.com/books/computer-methods-and-programs-in-biomedical-signal-and-image-processing/an-efficient-block-based-algorithm-for-hair-removal-in-dermoscopic-images\">https://www.intechopen.com/books/computer-methods-and-programs-in-biomedical-signal-and-image-processing/an-efficient-block-based-algorithm-for-hair-removal-in-dermoscopic-images</a></strong></p>\n\n<p>All the best,\nAditya</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I found this paper that compares several hair removal techniques. This might be useful.\n\n**https://www.intechopen.com/books/computer-methods-and-programs-in-biomedical-signal-and-image-processing/an-efficient-block-based-algorithm-for-hair-removal-in-dermoscopic-images**\n\nAll the best,\nAditya",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 948347,
          "postDate": "2020-07-27T20:37:51.683Z",
          "content": "<p>seems interesting, thanks for the contribution</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "seems interesting, thanks for the contribution",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 873220,
      "postDate": "2020-06-03T23:28:13.320Z",
      "content": "<p>maybe body hair removal might work better</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "maybe body hair removal might work better",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 873469,
          "postDate": "2020-06-04T07:07:00.803Z",
          "rawMarkdown": "",
          "isDeleted": true
        },
        {
          "id": 874016,
          "postDate": "2020-06-04T15:26:44.523Z",
          "content": "<p>I think <a href=\"/billqi\">@billqi</a> implies that hair removal pre-processing is applied to both train and test images.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I think @billqi implies that hair removal pre-processing is applied to both train and test images.",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 873995,
      "postDate": "2020-06-04T15:08:01.790Z",
      "content": "<p>I think it's worth a try, my only concern was \"Would the presence/absence of a hair in the lesion help the diagnosis?\"\nI asked an expert who answered me \"not that I know\", so I guess this would be a nice problem specific augmentation.</p>\n\n<p>By the way this approach has already been tried in ISIC 2018 <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02568\">https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02568</a>\nbut i'm pretty sure that a better hair augmentation can be performed!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think it's worth a try, my only concern was \"Would the presence/absence of a hair in the lesion help the diagnosis?\"\nI asked an expert who answered me \"not that I know\", so I guess this would be a nice problem specific augmentation.\n\nBy the way this approach has already been tried in ISIC 2018 https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02568\nbut i'm pretty sure that a better hair augmentation can be performed!",
      "votes": 2
    },
    {
      "id": 872483,
      "postDate": "2020-06-03T08:24:26.860Z",
      "content": "<p>that seems like a good idea</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "that seems like a good idea"
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 872152,
      "author_name": "Yann Majewski",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-06-03T00:24:09.113000",
      "content": "<p>I need a facial hair augmentation if you can do one for me!</p>",
      "votes": 4,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 947774,
      "author_name": "Aditya Baurai",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-27T13:29:01.603000",
      "content": "<p>I found this paper that compares several hair removal techniques. This might be useful.</p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://www.intechopen.com/books/computer-methods-and-programs-in-biomedical-signal-and-image-processing/an-efficient-block-based-algorithm-for-hair-removal-in-dermoscopic-images\">https://www.intechopen.com/books/computer-methods-and-programs-in-biomedical-signal-and-image-processing/an-efficient-block-based-algorithm-for-hair-removal-in-dermoscopic-images</a></strong></p>\n\n<p>All the best,\nAditya</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 948347,
          "author_name": "Aziz_Belaweid",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-27T20:37:51.683000",
          "content": "<p>seems interesting, thanks for the contribution</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 873220,
      "author_name": "Bill Qi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-06-03T23:28:13.320000",
      "content": "<p>maybe body hair removal might work better</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 873469,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-06-04T07:07:00.803000",
          "content": "",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 874016,
          "author_name": "nosound",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-06-04T15:26:44.523000",
          "content": "<p>I think <a href=\"/billqi\">@billqi</a> implies that hair removal pre-processing is applied to both train and test images.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 873995,
      "author_name": "Optimo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-06-04T15:08:01.790000",
      "content": "<p>I think it's worth a try, my only concern was \"Would the presence/absence of a hair in the lesion help the diagnosis?\"\nI asked an expert who answered me \"not that I know\", so I guess this would be a nice problem specific augmentation.</p>\n\n<p>By the way this approach has already been tried in ISIC 2018 <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02568\">https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02568</a>\nbut i'm pretty sure that a better hair augmentation can be performed!</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 872483,
      "author_name": "Maximofn",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-06-03T08:24:26.860000",
      "content": "<p>that seems like a good idea</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "872059": "I noticed there are pictures with body hair covering the lesion so I think this augmentation can be useful I'm working on it, what do you guys think ?",
    "872152": "I need a facial hair augmentation if you can do one for me!",
    "947774": "I found this paper that compares several hair removal techniques. This might be useful.\n\n**https://www.intechopen.com/books/computer-methods-and-programs-in-biomedical-signal-and-image-processing/an-efficient-block-based-algorithm-for-hair-removal-in-dermoscopic-images**\n\nAll the best,\nAditya",
    "873220": "maybe body hair removal might work better",
    "873995": "I think it's worth a try, my only concern was \"Would the presence/absence of a hair in the lesion help the diagnosis?\"\nI asked an expert who answered me \"not that I know\", so I guess this would be a nice problem specific augmentation.\n\nBy the way this approach has already been tried in ISIC 2018 https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02568\nbut i'm pretty sure that a better hair augmentation can be performed!",
    "872483": "that seems like a good idea"
  }
}