A method automatically corrects dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital acquisition device including a lens assembly. Multiple original digital images are acquired with the digital acquisition device. Probabilities that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US20050068446?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050068446 - Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images based on multiple occurrences of dust in images