Regions-of-Interest and Spatial Layout for Content-Based Image Retrieval

摘要

To date most "content-based image retrieval" (CBIR) techniques rely on global attributes such as color or texture histograms which tend to ignore the spatial composition of the image. In this paper, we present an alternative image retrieval system based on the principle that it is the user who is most qualified to specify the query "content" and not the computer. With out system, the user can select multiple "regions-of-interest" and can specify the relevance of their spatial layout in the retrieval process.