基于新的空间关系特征的图像检索方法

图像与图像之间没有清晰的空间结构,这样就不能有效利用图像间空间结构上的相关性信息,针对此问题提出一种基于新的空间关系特征的图像检索方法。首先,提取待查询图像在内的全部图像的特征向量。然后,计算特征向量每两个之间的相似性,形成相似性矩阵。将相似性矩阵的列集合作为新特征向量,命名为新的空间关系特征向量,从而将原来的特征向量映射到一个欧氏空间上。最后,在新特征空间上计算相似性,特征向量之间的相似性问题就转化为新的空间关系特征向量之间的相似性问题。在新特征空间上,图像与图像之间的空间结构变得清晰了,有利于图像检索准确度的提高。在Corel数据库上进行实验,所提方法在平均检索查准率、查全率-查准率和可视化评价指标上都优于基于颜色直方图的图像检索方法。结果表明,基于新的空间关系特征的图像检索方法有效利用了图像间空间结构上的相关性信息,具有更好的检索效果。     

基于度量直方图的医学图像检索

研究了医学图像灰度分布的特性,利用相邻灰度的相关性提出了基于度量直方图的医学图像检索方法及其度量空间上的距离函数MHD0;该方法减少了传统直方图特征的维教,克服了SAM索引的缺点。通过对CT图像数据库的检索实验,验证了该方法在性能和速度上都超过了传统直方图检索方法。     

Spatial Color Indexing and Applications

We define a new image feature called the color correlogram and use it for image indexing and comparison. This feature distills the spatial correlation of colors and when computed efficiently, turns out to be both effective and inexpensive for content-based image retrieval. The correlogram is robust in tolerating large changes in appearance and shape caused by changes in viewing position, camera zoom, etc. Experimental evidence shows that this new feature outperforms not only the traditional color histogram method but also the recently proposed histogram refinement methods for image indexing/retrieval. We also provide a technique to cut down the storage requirement of the correlogram so that it is the same as that of histograms, with only negligible performance penalty compared to the original correlogram.We also suggest the use of color correlogram as a generic indexing tool to tackle various problems arising from image retrieval and video browsing. We adapt the correlogram to handle the problems of image subregion querying, object localization, object tracking, and cut detection. Experimental results again suggest that the color correlogram is more effective than the histogram for these applications, with insignificant additional storage or processing cost.     

Comparing images using joint histograms

Color histograms are widely used for content-based image retrieval due to their efficiency and robustness. However, a color histogram only records an image's overall color composition, so images with very different appearances can have similar color histograms. This problem is especially critical in large image databases, where many images have similar color histograms. In this paper, we propose an alternative to color histograms called a joint histogram, which incorporates additional information without sacrificing the robustness of color histograms. We create a joint histogram by selecting a set of local pixel features and constructing a multidimensional histogram. Each entry in a joint histogram contains the number of pixels in the image that are described by a particular combination of feature values. We describe a number of different joint histograms, and evaluate their performance for image retrieval on a database with over 210,000 images. On our benchmarks, joint histograms outperform color histograms by an order of magnitude.     

基于色彩的图像数据库检索方法的研究

文中论述了基于色彩的图像检索方法,对色彩空间的选择、彩色聚类方法、色彩直方图的距离、以及基于图像分割的色彩直方图等方面进行了详细的论述;为提高图像检索的效率和精度,采用了多阶段相似比较的方法。     

PicSOM – content-based image retrieval with self-organizing maps

We have developed a novel system for content-based image retrieval in large, unannotated databases. The system is called PicSOM, and it is based on tree structured self-organizing maps (TS-SOMs). Given a set of reference images, PicSOM is able to retrieve another set of images which are similar to the given ones. Each TS-SOM is formed with a different image feature representation like color, texture, or shape. A new technique introduced in PicSOM facilitates automatic combination of responses from multiple TS-SOMs and their hierarchical levels. This mechanism adapts to the user's preferences in selecting which images resemble each other. Thus, the mechanism implements a relevance feedback technique on content-based image retrieval. The image queries are performed through the World Wide Web and the queries are iteratively refined as the system exposes more images to the user.     

序列化颜色直方图的分析与应用

在许多基于颜色的图像检索系统中,图像的颜色属性通过颜色直方图来描述。基于颜色直方图的搜索,对规模较大的颜色直方图往往很低效。因此论文将介绍一种新方法,这种方法能有效的表示颜色直方图和两个颜色直方图的区别。这种方法是基于以下的观察:最大的20%的颜色直方图能占到图像的90%的像素;当颜色直方图用一个阀值过滤后,主成分颜色数量MCCC(maincomponentcolorusedcount)代表这幅图像的复杂性,在第一阶段的检索中被用来快速索引,主成分颜色序列MCCS(maincomponentcolorsequence)能够用来在检索的第二阶段比较图像的颜色信息。使用该方法,总的颜色索引信息将比传统的颜色直方图节省存储空间。试验结果基于包含1000张图像的图像数据库。     

基于主颜色归一化转动惯量的图像检索方法

为克服传统颜色直方图无法反映颜色的空间信息这一缺陷,该文提出了一种结合颜色直方图和主颜色NMI不变特征的图像检索方法。求取的主颜色的NMI不变特征即反映了图像的大体轮廓也包含了主颜色的空间信息,实验结果表明,该方法获得了图像的颜色信息和形状信息,弥补了传统颜色直方图的不足,具有良好的检索效果。     

Extraction of major object features using VQ clustering for content-based image retrieval

An image representation method using vector quantization (VQ) on color and texture is proposed in this paper. The proposed method is also used to retrieve similar images from database systems. The basic idea is a transformation from the raw pixel data to a small set of image regions, which are coherent in color and texture space. A scheme is provided for object-based image retrieval. Features for image retrieval are the three color features (hue, saturation, and value) from the HSV color model and five textural features (ASM, contrast, correlation, variance, and entropy) from the gray-level co-occurrence matrices. Once the features are extracted from an image, eight-dimensional feature vectors represent each pixel in the image. The VQ algorithm is used to rapidly cluster those feature vectors into groups. A representative feature table based on the dominant groups is obtained and used to retrieve similar images according to the object within the image. This method can retrieve similar images even in cases where objects are translated, scaled, and rotated.     

Content-based image indexing and searching using Daubechies' wavelets

This paper describes WBIIS (Wavelet-Based Image Indexing and Searching), a new image indexing and retrieval algorithm with partial sketch image searching capability for large image databases. The algorithm characterizes the color variations over the spatial extent of the image in a manner that provides semantically meaningful image comparisons. The indexing algorithm applies a Daubechies' wavelet transform for each of the three opponent color components. The wavelet coefficients in the lowest few frequency bands, and their variances, are stored as feature vectors. To speed up retrieval, a two-step procedure is used that first does a crude selection based on the variances, and then refines the search by performing a feature vector match between the selected images and the query. For better accuracy in searching, two-level multiresolution matching may also be used. Masks are used for partial-sketch queries. This technique performs much better in capturing coherence of image, object granularity, local color/texture, and bias avoidance than traditional color layout algorithms. WBIIS is much faster and more accurate than traditional algorithms. When tested on a database of more than 10 000 general-purpose images, the best 100 matches were found in 3.3 seconds.     

基于优化分块颜色直方图及模糊C聚类的彩色图像检索方法

将数据挖掘的聚类算法应用到基于内容的图像检索中可以有效提高检索的速度和效果。模糊聚类算法更符合图像检索本身所具有的模糊性,但这种方法存在聚类分析时间过久影响检索性能的问题,因此本文提出了一种基于优化分块颜色直方图及模糊C聚类的彩色图像检索方法。首先对图像库中的每幅图像进行分块,并提取出每一块的优化颜色特征信息;然后采用模糊C均值聚类算法对得到的颜色特征向量进行聚类,得到每个图像类的聚类中心;最后计算查询示例图像和对应图像类的图像之间的相似度,按照相似度的大小返回检索结果。实验表明,本文提出的方法不仅具有较高的查全率和查准率,而且提取的特征维数较少,聚类时间短,检索速度快。     

一种基于色彩和灰度直方图的图像检索方法

提出一种综合图像的色彩信息、灰度信息和空间信息提取图像的特征向量的方法。该方法首先将图像从RGB空间转化为HSV空间，并进行非均匀量化；其次将彩色转化为灰度图像；然后将图像划分成互有重叠的4块，分别求出每块图像的色彩直方图、灰度直方图；最后采用这8个直方图作为图像的特征向量对图像进行检索。     

一种基于彩色特征点的对象查询方法

图像检索系统中对象的查询，主要采用分割技术来实现。虽然一些研究人员提出过利用光学特征的方法，但是只应用于灰度图像，不能对大量的彩色图像进行有效的查询。为此本文提出了一种基于彩色特征点的对象查询新方法。首先，利用Harris彩色点提取嚣从彩色图像中提取出一组能表征图像特征的彩色点；其次，利用特征点的梯度、角度不变性构造检索策略来实现对象的查询。实验表明，该方法对于对象的光照变化和几何变化有较强的鲁棒性。     

部件检测和语义网络的细粒度鞋类图像检索

目的 细粒度图像检索是当前细粒度图像分析和视觉领域的热点问题。以鞋类图像为例,传统方法仅提取其粗粒度特征且缺少关键的语义属性,难以区分部件间的细微差异,不能有效用于细粒度检索。针对鞋类图像检索大多基于简单款式导致检索效率不高的问题,提出一种结合部件检测和语义网络的细粒度鞋类图像检索方法。方法 结合标注后的鞋类图像训练集对输入的待检鞋类图像进行部件检测;基于部件检测后的鞋类图像和定义的语义属性训练语义网络,以提取待检图像和训练图像的特征向量,并采用主成分分析进行降维;通过对鞋类图像训练集中每个候选图像与待检图像间的特征向量进行度量学习,按其匹配度高低顺序输出检索结果。结果 实验在UT-Zap50K数据集上与目前检索效果较好的4种方法进行比较,检索精度提高近6%。同时,与同任务的SHOE-CNN（semantic hierarchy of attribute convolutional neural network）检索方法比较,本文具有更高的检索准确率。结论 针对传统图像特征缺少细微的视觉描述导致鞋类图像检索准确率低的问题,提出一种细粒度鞋类图像检索方法,既提高了鞋类图像检索的精度和准确率,又能较好地满足实际应用需求。     

一种基于重要位平面的鲁棒图像检索算法

以图像位平面原理为基础,结合噪声攻击特点(对高位平面影响较小),提出了一种基于重要位平面的鲁棒图像检索新算法。该算法首先从原始图像中提取重要位平面;然后选取重要位平面图像的颜色直方图作为颜色特征,选取重要位平面图像的颜色标准偏差作为空间特征;再综合利用上述颜色、空间两个特征计算图像间内容的相似度,并进行图像检索。仿真实验结果表明,本文算法能够准确和高效地查找出用户所需内容的彩色图像,并且具有较好的查准率和查全率。特别地,该算法对光照、锐化、模糊等噪声攻击均具有较好的鲁棒性。     

一种鲁棒的多特征彩色图像检索新方法

为了提高彩色图像检索的准确性,以回归型支持向量机(SVR)理论为基础,结合重要的图像边缘信息,提出了一种鲁棒的多特征彩色图像检索新方法。该方法首先利用回归型支持向量机(SVR)理论,对原始图像进行去噪处理及彩色边缘提取;然后将整个彩色边缘划分成局部网格区域,并分别计算出每个网格区域的颜色直方图和纹理直方图;最后综合利用上述网格区域的颜色直方图和纹理直方图来计算图像间内容的相似度,并进行彩色图像检索。实验结果表明,该方法不仅能够准确、快速的检索出用户所需图像,而且对光照、锐化、模糊等噪声攻击均具有较好的鲁棒性。     

一种新的基于色彩的图像检索方法

在分析已有的基于色彩的图像检索方法存在问题的基础上 ,提出一种新的基于色彩的图像检索方法 .该方法对每个图像单独进行颜色量化 ,计算其颜色直方图并排序 ,根据颜色在图像中出现的频率和图像中各种颜色的对比强度确定图像之间的相似度 .使用的图像特征占用存储空间非常小 ,比较速度快 .测试了该方法识别图像和检索相似图像的能力 ,效果明显优于直方图距离方法     

一种基于位平面综合特征的彩色图像检索方案

传统的基于颜色直方图的彩色图像检索方法存在严重不足.首先是丢失颜色空间分布信息及特征维数过高,更重要的是无法有效检索含噪声图像.为克服此缺陷,提出了一种基于位平面综合特征的彩色图像检索算法.首先,结合光照、锐化、模糊等噪声攻击特点,从原始彩色图像中提取出重要位平面;然后选取重要位平面的加权颜色直方图作为颜色特征,选取重要位平面的空间信息熵作为空间特征;再综合利用上述颜色、空间两个特征计算图像间内容的相似度,并进行彩色图像检索.仿真实验表明,算法能够准确和高效地查找出用户所需内容的彩色图像,并且具有较好的查准率和查全率(特别对于含噪声图像).     

基于内容的标准烟叶图像数据库检索

基于内容的检索是当前多媒体数据库发展的一个重要研究领域。在图像数据库中,基于内容的图像检索技术一般采用颜色直方图为特征。该文提出了把图像的形状特征、颜色特征和纹理特征结合起来的方法进行基于内容的图像检索。通过对人的视觉检索过程的研究,提出把数据库中的图像依次分别按形状特征、颜色特征和纹理特征分级聚类的方法,既符合人的视觉特点又大大提高了检索效率。