With the explosive growth of the World Wide Web, the public is gaining access to massive
amounts of information. However, locating needed and relevant information remains a …

Recent advances in processing and networking capabilities of computers have led to an
accumulation of immense amounts of multimedia data such as images. One of the largest …

Because of the size of the World Wide Web and its inherent lack of structure, finding what
one is looking for can be a challenge. In fact, some of the most highly visited Web sites are …

Because of the size of the World Wide Web and its inherent lack of structure, finding what
one is looking for can be a challenge. PC-Meter's March, 1996, survey found that three of the …

ImageRover is a search by image content navigation tool for the world wide web. The
staggering size of the WWW dictates certain strategies and algorithms for image collection …

Advanced Multimedia Oriented Retrieval Engine (AMORE)[2] is a World-Wide Web image
retrieval engine integrating several techniques to facilitate effective retrieval of images from …

In many areas of commerce, government, academia, and hospitals, large collections of
digital images are being created. Many of these collections are the product of digitizing …

The popularity of digital images is rapidly increasing due to improving digital imaging
technologies and convenient availability facilitated by the Internet. However, how to find user …

Recent advances in computer-based storage, transmission and display of multimedia data
have been truly impressive. The sight (and sound) of information emanating from all parts of …

We introduce in this chapter some fundamental theories for content-based image retrieval.
Section 1.1 looks at the development of content-based image retrieval techniques. Then, as …