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Functionality of a Database Kernel for Image Retrieval

Authors:
Cosmin Stoica Spahiu
Cristian Marian Mihaescu
Liana Stanescu
Dan Burdescu
Marius Brezovan

Keywords: multimedia; database management server; content-based retrieval; clustering; file system.

Abstract:
This article presents a software tool that implements a dedicated multimedia database management server for managing alphanumerical and multimedia data collections from medical domain, along with the file structure used. The server is designed to manage medium sized personal digital collections. The recognized commands and the functionality of the server are also presented. An element of originality is that along with classical operations for databases, it includes a series of methods used for extracting visual information represented by texture and color characteristics. The extracted data are stored in the database in a special data type called IMAGE, with a specific structure that can be used for visual queries. Some clustering algorithms are used to increase the image retrieval speed.

Pages: 263 to 272

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2010. Used with permission.

Publication date: September 5, 2010

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2644