Detection and removal of artifacts in astronomical images

@article{Desai2016DetectionAR,
  title={Detection and removal of artifacts in astronomical images},
  author={Shantanu Desai and Joseph J. Mohr and Emmanuel Bertin and Martin Kuemmel and Markus Wetzstein},
  journal={Astron. Comput.},
  year={2016},
  volume={16},
  pages={67-78}
}
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