This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the technical achievements in the research
area of image retrieval, especially content-based image retrieval, an area that has been so …

" A picture is worth one thousand words". This proverb comes from Confucius-a Chinese
philosopher about 2500 years ago. Now, the essence of these words is universally …

Shape uniformity of fruits and vegetables is important whether they are to be fresh marketed
or processed. To achieve the desired uniformity, fruits must be inspected and classified …

The Core Experiment CE-Shape-1 for shape descriptors performed for the MPEG-7 standard
gave a unique opportunity to compare various shape descriptors for non-rigid shapes with a …

Describing non-parametric and parametric theoretic classification and the training of
discriminant functions, this second edition includes new and expanded sections on neural …

This book introduces the fundamental concepts of modern digital image processing. It aims
to help the students, scientists, and practitioners to understand the concepts through clear …

The effectiveness of a video retrieval system largely depends on the choice of underlying
text and image retrieval components. The unique properties of video collections (eg, multiple …

Multimedia content analysis refers to the computerized understanding of the semantic
meanings of a multimedia document, such as a video sequence with an accompanying …

We present a novel formulation for B-spline snakes that can be used as a tool for fast and
intuitive contour outlining. We start with a theoretical argument in favor of splines in the …

Human computer interaction (HCI) systems are increasing due to the demand for non-
intrusive methods for communicating with machines. In this research article, vision based …