基于颜色-纹理自相关算法的内镜图像检索

为了同时有效的提取内镜图像的颜色和纹理信息,体现各特征的空间相关性,本文提出了一种颜色-纹理自相关算法应用于内镜图像检索.即通过纹理谱和自动阈值分割算法提取出纹理图像,并与颜色特征向量相融合再计算其相关性,得到距离分别为1、3的颜色-纹理自相关向量.在相似度匹配阶段采用Generalized Tversky Index...     

基于兴趣点局部分布特征的图像检索方法

提出了一种基于兴趣点颜色和空间分布特征的图像检索方法。该方法把图像内容看作为由若干兴趣点组成的集合,首先利用小波系数的空间方向树特性来检测兴趣点,然后利用基于兴趣点的环形颜色直方图和空间离散度来描述图像的特征,最后用加权特征距离来估计图像内容的相似度。同时,通过利用环形颜色直方图和空间离散度作为图像特征保证了该算法能够对图像的尺度变化、旋转变化和平移变化具有很好的抑制能力。在含有1000幅图像的数据库上所做的一系列实验表明,该算法与其它基于兴趣点的方法相比,能够更准确和高效地查找出用户所需的图像,明显地提高了检索精度。     

融合多特征的图像检索算法

针对单一特征不能很好地表述图像的问题,提出了一种融合多特征的图像检索算法.首先,提取查询图像和图像库中样本图像的GIST(Generalized Search Tree)特征,用欧氏距离衡量图像间的GIST相似度值,根据查询图像的GIST特征在图像库中进行检索,将结果按相似度进行排序;然后,提取查询图像和返回结果中前k幅图像的尺度不变特征变换(SIFT)特征,使用BBF(Best Bin First)算法进行特征匹配;最后,通过特征点匹配点对数排序并返回检索结果.实验在改进的Corel1000数据集上进行,与传统的单特征图像检索算法对比,提出的图像检索算法不仅提高了检索准确率,而且获得了较好的检索效率.     

Similarity-based online feature selection in content-based image retrieval.

Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) has been more and more important in the last decade, and the gap between high-level semantic concepts and low-level visual features hinders further performance improvement. The problem of online feature selection is critical to really bridge this gap. In this paper, we investigate online feature selection in the relevance feedback learning process to improve the retrieval performance of the region-based image retrieval system. Our contributions are mainly in three areas. 1) A novel feature selection criterion is proposed, which is based on the psychological similarity between the positive and negative training sets. 2) An effective online feature selection algorithm is implemented in a boosting manner to select the most representative features for the current query concept and combine classifiers constructed over the selected features to retrieve images. 3) To apply the proposed feature selection method in region-based image retrieval systems, we propose a novel region-based representation to describe images in a uniform feature space with real-valued fuzzy features. Our system is suitable for online relevance feedback learning in CBIR by meeting the three requirements: learning with small size training set, the intrinsic asymmetry property of training samples, and the fast response requirement. Extensive experiments, including comparisons with many state-of-the-arts, show the effectiveness of our algorithm in improving the retrieval performance and saving the processing time.     

A multiresolution approach for rotation invariant texture image retrieval with orthogonal polynomials model

In this paper, a simple and an efficient Content Based Image Retrieval which is based on orthogonal polynomials model is presented. This model is built with a set of carefully chosen orthogonal polynomials and is used to extract the low level texture features present in the image under analysis. The orthogonal polynomials model coefficients are reordered into multiresolution subband like structure. Simple statistical and perceptual properties are derived from the subband coefficients to represent the texture features and these features form a feature vector. The efficiency of the proposed feature vector extraction for texture image retrieval is experimented on the standard Brodatz and MIT’s VisTex texture database images with the Canberra distance measure. The proposed method is compared with other existing retrieval schemes such as Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT) based multiresolution subbands, Gabor wavelet and Contourlet Transform based retrieval schemes and is found to outperform the existing schemes with less computational cost.     

基于Contourlet 变换和Hu 不变矩的图像检索算法

文章提出一种基于Contourlet 变换和Hu 不变矩的图像检索算法。首先,对每幅图像进行Contourlet 变换,得到低频子带与高频方向子带,把计算得到的低频子带的Hu 不变矩和各个高频方向子带的均值与标准差作为图像的特征向量,利用Manhattan距离进行相似度度量,完成基于内容的图像检索。为对该文提出的算法的检索效果进行检验,分别与基于Contourlet 变换特征的检索算法和基于Hu不变矩特征的检索算法等方法进行了对比实验研究。结果表明,该算法有效地融合了图像的纹理特征与低频子带的形状特征,较好地实现了基于内容的图像检索,平均查准率达到73.94%。     

基于特征元素的图像检索方法

该文提出了一种基于特征元素的新的图像俭索算法。持征元素与特征向量相比更注重根据人的主观感知来表达图像的视觉特征.在特征元素的基础上,该文先定义了图像间的相似性度量,即特征元素间的距离,又分别实现了对不同特征元素类别的距离计算。检索实验表明,基于特征元素的图像检索算法能够取得更符合人们视觉感知的结果。     

图像区间模糊模型及其在图像检索中的应用

在HSV颜色空间下,通过非均匀量化方法,构建了图像区间模糊模型.在此模型下,图像可以看作是一个区间模糊集合(IVFS,interval-valued fuzzy set).IVFS之间相似性度量可以用来衡量图像之间的相似程度.给出一种基于LP范数距离的IVFS集合度量(简称IVFSLp)并将它应用于图像检索中.实验数据表明:IVF-SLP与直方图距离(histogram distance)和普通模糊集的相似性度量(general fuzzy similarity measure)相比具有更好的性能.     

基于内容的图像检索技术的研究与实现

如何为内容丰富多变的大量图像数据编制索引并利用该索引进行高效地相似检索是研究的核心问题。相似图像检索系统通过图像特征提取器提取图像的特征,提供访问图像内容的方法;距离函数是用来计算这些特征之间相似程度的主要工具。实验证明,该系统可以高效地为用户检索出指定特征的图像,对实际应用具有重要的价值。     

基于空间关系的子区域最佳匹配算法

该文提出了一种基于空间关系的图像检索算法子区域最佳匹配法。这种算法首先根据符号投影模型,将图像内目标抽象为带有多个属性的图标。然后,利用搜索邻节点的等角度区域最近原则、划分子区域的中心点法、图论中的广度优先算法进行图标匹配。最后,根据所定义的局部区域相似距离及图间距离来计算图像与图像之间的相似度,进而完成基于图像内部空间关系的检索。该文以这种算法为核心,构建了一个篮球站位分析演示系统,并用实际数据验证了所提出的基于空间关系的图像检索方法的有效性。     

纹理图像检索的不同相似性度量方法的比较研究

图像特征和相似性度量方法的选取是基于内容图像检索的一个关键环节。针对该问题，提出一种基于整数小波包分解的纹理特征检索方法。通过连接小波包分解后各尺度内和尺度闯不同频带的小波系数，提取标准方差和均值信息描述纹理。此外，对8种相似性度量方法进行了分析和比较。通过对纹理库的检索实验表明，与传统的距离测度相比，Canberra和Bray—Curtis距离测度能有效地提高图像的检索性能。     

一种改进的颜色匹配对图像检索算法

以子块直方图彩色图像检索算法为基础， 分析了进一步利用图像空间相似信息的颜色匹配对检索算法的性能。在子块直方图的构成、直方图距离值的归类等方面提出了行之有效的改进方法；给出了子块大小、相似度阈值等参数选择的优化原则，使查准率、查全率等检索性能指标得到了较大的提高，得出了几个有用的结论并形成了实验系统。     

基于显著点特征多示例学习的图像检索方法

提出了一种基于图像显著点特征进行多示例学习(Multiple-instance learning)的图像检索方法.该方法对图像进行小波分解并跟踪不同尺度小波系数提取图像显著点;然后利用显著点特征进行检索,并在相关反馈中将图像看作多示例包,通过期望最大多样性密度(EM-DD,expectation maximization diverse density)方法进行多示例学习,获得体现图像语义的日标特征.在Corel和SIVAL两个图像库进行实验,结果表明该方法明显提高了检索的准确性.     

显著兴趣点颜色及空间分布熵的图像检索方法

提出了一种利用显著兴趣点进行图像检索的新方法,此方法主要有显著兴趣点检测、基于显著兴趣点的特征描述和相似性度量三个步骤.先使用一个自适应滤波器对图像进行滤波,然后提取显著兴趣点;以显著兴趣点为线索,设计了一种基于显著兴趣点的颜色分布熵,既利用了显著兴趣点的局部特征,又考虑了显著兴趣点的空间分布结构;用图像间的颜色分布熵来度量图像间的相似性.该检索算法不但保证了对图像旋转、平移鲁棒性,而且克服了传统直方图没有空间位置的缺陷.实验结果表明,该方法对图像检索非常有效.     

基于Zernike矩与SIFT特征的商标检索算法

为降低商标检索算法的误检率,提出一种结合Zernike矩(ZM)和尺度不变特征变换(SIFT)的商标检索算法,该算法由离线数据库构建和在线检索组成。分别从查询图像中提取ZM和SIFT特征;根据查询图像的特征集与数据库中存储的图像的特征集之间的ZM特征进行相似度度量,形成候选商标集;最后,利用SIFT特征对查询图像与候选图像精准检测,对相似距离进行排序,将结果返回给用户。实验结果表明：与当前流行的商标检索算法相比,该算法具备更好的检索性能,在缩放、平移、模糊、透视、斜切、扭曲等变换干扰下,仍呈现出更理想的Precision- Recall曲线以及F值。     

Image indexing and retrieval using expressive fuzzy description logics

The effective management and exploitation of multimedia documents requires the extraction of the underlying semantics. Multimedia analysis algorithms can produce fairly rich, though imprecise information about a multimedia document which most of the times remains unexploited. In this paper we propose a methodology for semantic indexing and retrieval of images, based on techniques of image segmentation and classification combined with fuzzy reasoning. In the proposed knowledge-assisted analysis architecture a segmentation algorithm firstly generates a set of over-segmented regions. After that, a region classification process is employed to assign semantic labels using a confidence degree and simultaneously merge regions based on their semantic similarity. This information comprises the assertional component of a fuzzy knowledge base which is used for the refinement of mistakenly classified regions and also for the extraction of rich implicit knowledge used for global image classification. This knowledge about images is stored in a semantic repository permitting image retrieval and ranking. This research was supported by the European Commission under contract FP6-027026 K-SPACE.     

A Pattern Similarity Scheme for Medical Image Retrieval

In this paper, we propose a novel scheme for efficient content-based medical image retrieval, formalized according to the PAtterns for Next generation DAtabase systems (PANDA) framework for pattern representation and management. The proposed scheme involves block-based low-level feature extraction from images followed by the clustering of the feature space to form higher-level, semantically meaningful patterns. The clustering of the feature space is realized by an expectation–maximization algorithm that uses an iterative approach to automatically determine the number of clusters. Then, the 2-component property of PANDA is exploited: the similarity between two clusters is estimated as a function of the similarity of both their structures and the measure components. Experiments were performed on a large set of reference radiographic images, using different kinds of features to encode the low-level image content. Through this experimentation, it is shown that the proposed scheme can be efficiently and effectively applied for medical image retrieval from large databases, providing unsupervised semantic interpretation of the results, which can be further extended by knowledge representation methodologies.      

融合统一模式的LBP和GLCM特征的图像检索算法

文章提出一种融合统一模式的LBP特征和GLCM特征的图像检索算法。首先,对图像做统一模式的LBP变换处理提取图像直方图特征。计算图像GLCM在0°、45°、90°、135°四个方向下的对比度、相关性、能量、同质系数的均值和标准差。然后,融合LBP直方图特征与GLCM纹理统计特征作为图像的检索特征,选用Canberra距离进行相似度度量,完成图像检索。实验结果表明,本算法在两个图像库上均具有较高的平均查准率,分别达到了82.91%和79.48%。