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Content-Based Image Retrieval: Theory and Applications
- Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada
"... Advances in data storage and image acquisition technologies have enabled the creation of large image datasets. In this scenario, it is necessary to develop appropriate information systems to efficiently manage these collections. The commonest approaches use the so-called Content-Based Image Retrieva ..."
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Advances in data storage and image acquisition technologies have enabled the creation of large image datasets. In this scenario, it is necessary to develop appropriate information systems to efficiently manage these collections. The commonest approaches use the so-called Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) systems. Basically, these systems try to retrieve images similar to a user-defined specification or pattern (e.g., shape sketch, image example). Their goal is to support image retrieval based on content properties (e.g., shape, color, texture), usually encoded into feature vectors. One of the main advantages of the CBIR approach is the possibility of an automatic retrieval process, instead of the traditional keyword-based approach, which usually requires very laborious and time-consuming previous annotation of database images. The CBIR technology has been used in several applications such as fingerprint identification, biodiversity information systems, digital libraries, crime prevention, medicine, historical research, among others. This paper aims to introduce the problems and challenges concerned with the creation of CBIR systems, to describe the existing solutions and applications, and to present the state of the art of the existing research in this area.
Visualization & User-Modeling for Browsing Personal Photo Libraries
- International Journal of Computer Vision
, 2004
"... We present a user-centric system for visualization and layout for content-based image retrieval. Image features (visual and/or semantic) are used to display retrievals as thumbnails in a 2-D spatial layout or "configuration" which conveys all pair-wise mutual similarities. A graphical opti ..."
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We present a user-centric system for visualization and layout for content-based image retrieval. Image features (visual and/or semantic) are used to display retrievals as thumbnails in a 2-D spatial layout or "configuration" which conveys all pair-wise mutual similarities. A graphical optimization technique is used to provide maximally uncluttered and informative layouts. Moreover, a novel subspace feature weighting technique can be used to modify 2-D layouts in a variety of context-dependent ways. An efficient computational technique for subspace weighting and re-estimation leads to a simple user-modeling framework whereby the system can learn to display query results based on layout examples (or relevance feedback) as provided by the user. The resulting retrieval, browsing and visualization engine can adapt to the users' (time-varying) notions of content, context and preferences in presentation style and interactive navigation. Monte Carlo simulations with machine-generated layouts as well as pilot user studies have demonstrated the ability of this framework to model or "mimic" users, by automatically generating layouts according to their preferences.
A Comparison of Active Classification Methods for Content-Based Image Retrieval
- Int. Workshop on Computer Vision Meets Database, CVDB
, 2004
"... This paper deals with content-based image indexing and category retrieval in general databases. Statistical learning approaches have been recently introduced in CBIR. Labelled images are considered as training data in learning strategy based on classification process. We introduce an active learning ..."
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This paper deals with content-based image indexing and category retrieval in general databases. Statistical learning approaches have been recently introduced in CBIR. Labelled images are considered as training data in learning strategy based on classification process. We introduce an active learning strategy to select the most difficult images to classify with only few training data. Experimentations are carried out on the COREL database. We compare seven clas-sification strategies to evaluate the active learning contribution in CBIR. 1.
NN k networks for content-based image retrieval
- In 26th European Conference on Information Retrieval
, 2004
"... Abstract. This paper describes a novel interaction technique to support content-based image search in large image collections. The idea is to represent each image as a vertex in a directed graph. Given a set of image features, an arc is established between two images if there exists at least one com ..."
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Abstract. This paper describes a novel interaction technique to support content-based image search in large image collections. The idea is to represent each image as a vertex in a directed graph. Given a set of image features, an arc is established between two images if there exists at least one combination of features for which one image is retrieved as the nearest neighbour of the other. Each arc is weighted by the proportion of feature combinations for which the nearest neighour relationship holds. By thus integrating the retrieval results over all possible feature combinations, the resulting network helps expose the semantic richness of images and thus provides an elegant solution to the problem of feature weighting in content-based image retrieval. We give details of the method used for network generation and describe the ways a user can interact with the structure. We also provide an analysis of the network’s topology and provide quantitative evidence for the usefulness of the technique. 1
Augmenting navigation for collaborative tagging with emergent semantics
- 5th ISWC, Athens, GA, LNCS 4273
, 2006
"... Abstract. We propose an approach that unifies browsing by tags and visual features for intuitive exploration of image databases. In contrast to traditional image retrieval approaches, we utilise tags provided by users on collaborative tagging sites, complemented by simple image analysis and classifi ..."
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Abstract. We propose an approach that unifies browsing by tags and visual features for intuitive exploration of image databases. In contrast to traditional image retrieval approaches, we utilise tags provided by users on collaborative tagging sites, complemented by simple image analysis and classification. This allows us to find new relations between data elements. We introduce the concept of a navigation map, that describes links between users, tags, and data elements for the example of the collaborative tagging site Flickr. We show that introducing similarity search based on image features yields additional links on this map. These theoretical considerations are supported by examples provided by our system, using data and tags from real Flickr users. 1
Language-based Querying of Image Collections on the Basis of an Extensible Ontology
- IVC
, 2004
"... The design of a specialised query language for content based image retrieval (CBIR) provides a means of addressing many of the problems associated with commonly used query paradigms such as query-by-example and query-by-sketch. By basing such a language on an extensible ontology which encompasses bo ..."
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The design of a specialised query language for content based image retrieval (CBIR) provides a means of addressing many of the problems associated with commonly used query paradigms such as query-by-example and query-by-sketch. By basing such a language on an extensible ontology which encompasses both high-level and low-level image properties and relations, one can go a long way towards bridging the semantic gap between user models of saliency and relevance and those employed by a retrieval system.
Stochastic exploration and active learning for image retrieval
- in Image and Vision Computing (IVC), January, 2006. [In Prelo
, 2006
"... Abstract. This paper deals with content-based image retrieval. When the user is looking for large categories, statistical classification techniques are efficient as soon as the training set is large enough. We introduce a two-step – exploration, classification – interactive strategy designed for cat ..."
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Abstract. This paper deals with content-based image retrieval. When the user is looking for large categories, statistical classification techniques are efficient as soon as the training set is large enough. We introduce a two-step – exploration, classification – interactive strategy designed for category retrieval. The first step aims at getting a useful initial training set for the classification step. A stochastic image selection process is used instead of the usual strategy based on a similarity score ranking. This process is dedicated to explore the database in order to collect examples as various as possible of the searched category. The second step aims at providing the best classification between relevant and irrelevant images. Based on SVM, the classification applies an active learning strategy through user interaction. A quality assessment is carried out on the ANN and COREL databases in order to compare and validate our approach. 1
Three Interfaces for Content-Based Access to Image Collections
- In Proc Int’l Conf Image and Video Retrieval
, 2004
"... Abstract. This paper describes interfaces for a suite of three recently developed techniques to facilitate content-based access to large image and video repositories. Two of these techniques involve content-based retrieval while the third technique is centered around a new browsing structure and for ..."
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Abstract. This paper describes interfaces for a suite of three recently developed techniques to facilitate content-based access to large image and video repositories. Two of these techniques involve content-based retrieval while the third technique is centered around a new browsing structure and forms a useful complement to the traditional query-byexample paradigm. Each technique is associated with its own user interface and allows for a different set of user interactions. The user can move between interfaces whilst executing a particular search and thus may combine the particular strengths of the different techniques. We illustrate each of the techniques using topics from the TRECVID 2003 contest. 1
Performance Boosting with Three Mouse Clicks -- Relevance Feedback for CBIR
- IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN COLLOQUIUM ON IR RESEARCH
, 2003
"... We introduce a novel relevance feedback method for content-based image retrieval and demonstrate its effectiveness using a subset of the Corel Gallery photograph collection and five low-level colour descriptors. Relevance ..."
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We introduce a novel relevance feedback method for content-based image retrieval and demonstrate its effectiveness using a subset of the Corel Gallery photograph collection and five low-level colour descriptors. Relevance
