Title :
Distributional clustering for efficient content-based retrieval of images and video
Author :
Iyengar, Giridharan ; Lippman, Andrew B.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present an approach to clustering images for efficient retrieval using relative entropy. We start with the assumption that visual features are represented by probability densities and develop clustering algorithms for probability densities (for example, normalized histograms are crude approximations of probability densities). These clustering algorithms are then used for efficient retrieval of images and video
Keywords :
content-based retrieval; entropy; feature extraction; image representation; image retrieval; pattern clustering; probability; video signal processing; clustering algorithms; content-based image retrieval; content-based video retrieval; distributional clustering; image databases; normalized histograms; probability densities; relative entropy; visual features representation; Clustering algorithms; Content based retrieval; Data security; Entropy; Histograms; Image databases; Image retrieval; Image storage; Laboratories; Partitioning algorithms;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6297-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2000.900897