Title :
A content-based search engine on medical images for telemedicine
Author :
Cheung, David ; Lee, Chi-Hung ; Ng, Vincent
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
Retrieving images by content and forming visual queries are important functionality of an image database system. Using textual descriptions to specify queries on image content is another important component of content-based search. The authors describe a medical image database system MIQS which supports visual queries such as query by example and query by sketch. In addition, it supports textual queries on spatial relationships between the objects of an image. MIQS is designed as a client-server application in which the client accesses the database and its images via the WWW
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; medical image processing; medical information systems; query processing; visual databases; MIQS; WWW; client-server application; content-based search engine; image content; image database system; image retrieval; medical images; query by example; query by sketch; query specification; spatial object/image relationships; telemedicine; textual descriptions; textual queries; visual query formation; Biomedical imaging; Content based retrieval; Image databases; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Search engines; Spatial databases; Telemedicine; Visual databases; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1997. COMPSAC '97. Proceedings., The Twenty-First Annual International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8105-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPSAC.1997.625070
