What's in a picture? The temptation of image manipulation

2004/07/05 by Mike Rossner, Kenneth M. Yamada · 1 voice · 8 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Engineering · #Cell Image Analysis Techniques #Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques #Image Processing Techniques and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.1083/jcb.200406019

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Abstract

It's all so easy with Photoshop[1][1]. In the days before imaging software became so widely available, making adjustments to image data in the darkroom required considerable effort and/or expertise. It is now very simple, and thus tempting, to adjust or modify digital image files. Many such

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Discussions

• Yes, it's tough enough to catch honest mistakes as well as blatant fraud (e.g. manipulated data in figures). From the pre-AI era - Rossner & Yamada 20 years ago: doi.org/10.1083/jcb.... [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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