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Image retrieval

An image retrieval system is a computer system used for browsing, searching and retrieving images from a large database of digital images. Most traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata such as captioning, keywords, title or descriptions to the images so that retrieval can be performed over the annotation…

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Image retrieval

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples33
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
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Image retrieval

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has method · 7
Image retrieval → CBIR, CBIR Engines, Content-based, Image, List, The, To
related to Evaluations · 7
Image retrieval → Content-based Access, Cross Language Evaluation Forum, IEEE, Image, ImageCLEF, There, Video Libraries
see also · 3
Image retrieval → Automatic, CBIR, Digital

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image images search retrieval system large annotation etc based cbir collection data methods database computer used metadata keywords query color

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
captioninginstance ofMost traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata0.80text
keywordsinstance ofMost traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata0.80text
title or descriptions to the images so that retrieval can be performed over the annotation wordsinstance ofMost traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata0.80text
keywordinstance ofa user may provide query terms0.80text
image file/linkinstance ofa user may provide query terms0.80text
or click on some imageinstance ofa user may provide query terms0.80text
and the system will return imagesinstance ofa user may provide query terms0.80text
keywordsinstance ofetc.Image meta search - search of images based on associated metadata0.80text
textinstance ofetc.Image meta search - search of images based on associated metadata0.80text
etc.Content-based image retrievalinstance ofetc.Image meta search - search of images based on associated metadata0.80text
colorinstance ofList of CBIR Engines - list of engines which search for images based image visual content0.80text
textureinstance ofList of CBIR Engines - list of engines which search for images based image visual content0.80text

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