Multiple and false lines using houghlines

Hi. I want to apply houghtransform on the attached image (see raw image) to detect the line elements. Unfortunately, there are many lines that are close to each other and are intersecting; this results in detection of multiple lines and false lines (see houghlines image). I have tried thin and skeleton techniques but, they didn't resolve the issue. The original length of these line elements is in between 10 - 30 pixels. Is there any pre-processing approach that can avoid these issues? Is it possible to do some kind of condition and to erase regions with large white pixels?