Medical image retrieval from distributed environment

Image retrieval from distributed database is one of the challenging tasks in recent researches. Unlike text retrieval through SQL, MYSQL, etc, image retrieval is not an easy task because of its storage space, color, shape and texture factor. We propose a technique of retrieving images from a distributed database environment by giving a region of an image as an input query. By applying segmentation techniques while retrieval, the efficiency of retrieval is enhanced. This can be applied in medical field to locate tumors and other pathologies, measure tissue volumes, computer-guided surgery, diagnosis, treatment planning and study of anatomical structure.