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An image data base management system and its query language, IQ, are presented. Facilities for the user to create, store, retrieve, manipulate, and display images are provided. Among the basic manipulation operations are windowing, overlaying, pixel transformation, false coloring, and zooming. The capability of the system is furthered by allowing the user to define his own windows, pixel transformations, color functions, and zoom scales.
Structured top-down programming was used to enhance readability and manageability of the software. This approach also permits ease of expansion in adding either new graphics devices or new software capabilities. Above all, the approach helps to localize device dependencies and operating-system dependencies.
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Edmund Lien, Y., Harris, S.K. (1980). Structured implementation of an image query language. In: Chang, S.K., Fu, K.S. (eds) Pictorial Information Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09757-0_15
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