1. A method for processing data in at least one portion of film that has been scanned to generate a pixel representation, comprising the steps of: (a) segmenting at least one portion of the pixel representation to identify at least one region of missing data; (b) calculating an area/perimeter ratio for each identified region of missing data; and (c) subjecting each identified region of missing data having an area/perimeter ratio less than a predetermined maximum to a closest-to-radial-based-function filtering operation to estimate pixel values in that region from neighboring pixel values.