Image databases search and retrieval of digital imagery

• Other Authors: Castelli, Vittorio (Editor), Bergman, Lawrence D. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons 2002
• Subjects: Image processing > Digital techniques; Multimedia systems; Database searching
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• Physical Description: xvi, 589 pages : illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9780471321163

The explosive growth of multimedia data transmission has generated a critical need for efficient, high-capacity image databases, as well as powerful search engines to retrieve image data from them. This book brings together contributions by an international all-star team of innovators in the field who share their insights into all key aspects of image database and search engine construction. Readers get in-depth discussions of the entire range of crucial image database architecture, indexing and retrieval, transmission, display, and user interface issues.