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In this study, we addressed interpolation from an image-based perspective and expanded the use of image inpainting to estimate values at unknown points. When chemical gas is dispersed through a chemical attack or terrorism, it is possible to determine the concentration of the gas at each location by utilizing the deployed sensors. By interpolating the concentrations, we can obtain the contours of gas concentration. Accurately distinguishing the contours of a contaminated region from a map enables the optimal response to minimize damage. However, areas with an insufficient number of sensors have less accurate contours than other areas. In order to achieve more accurate contour data, an image inpainting-based method is proposed to enhance reliability by erasing and reconstructing low-accuracy areas in the contour. Partial convolution is used as the machine learning approach for image-inpainting, with the modified loss function for optimization. In order to train the model, we developed a gas diffusion simulation model and generated a gas concentration contour dataset comprising 100,000 contour images. The results of the model were compared to those of Kriging interpolation, one of the conventional spatial interpolation methods, finally demonstrating 13.21% higher accuracy. This suggests that interpolation from an image-based perspective can achieve higher accuracy than numerical interpolation on well-trained data. 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