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The segmentation of bank cheque images is a fundamental phase of its automatic processing. In the segmentation phase, one of the most important steps is the background elimination, that has to respect the physical integrity of the rest of the cheque image information. This paper describes a simple and robust solution for the background elimination problem, using a process that involves two stages:...