This code corresponds with the experiments introduced in the work:

P. Ruiz, O. Dill, G. Raju, O. Cossairt, M. Walton and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Visible Transmission Imaging of Watermarks by Suppression of Occluding Text or Drawings", Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, vol.15, e00121.

Corresponding author: Pablo Ruiz. e-mail: mataran@northwestern.edu

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