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Image Database

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Image retrieval; Image retrieval system; Content-based image retrieval (CBIR)

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Given a collection of images, a full-fledged image database provides means and technologies that support an efficient and rich modeling, storing, indexing, retrieval, and manipulation of images and its meta-data. The modeling of images can range depending on the used meta-data format (e.g., MPEG-7) from simple technical annotations such as file size, creator, etc. to more sophisticated annotations such as low level features (e.g., color) or even high level features (e.g., objects, events, etc.). The storing component is responsible for mapping the used meta-data format to an adequate database schema. Indexing facilities should support efficient retrieval and need to provide means (depending on the used meta-data) for indexing text, multidimensional feature vectors and high level representations. The retrieval and query specification should support some or all of the following concepts:...

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  1. University of Passau, Passau, Germany

    Mario Döller & Harald Kosch

  2. Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Paul Maier

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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Döller, M., Kosch, H., Maier, P. (2009). Image Database. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_1007

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