Retrieval of Still Images by Content

  • Authors:
  • John P. Eakins

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ESSIR '00 Proceedings of the Third European Summer-School on Lectures on Information Retrieval-Revised Lectures
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

This chapter summarises the current state of the art in content based image retrieval (CBIR). It discusses the need for image retrieval by content, and the types of query which might be encountered. It describes the main techniques currently used to retrieve images by content at both primitive and semantic levels, describes the features of some commercial and experimental CBIR systems, assesses the capabilities of current technology, and outlines possible future developments the field.