A content-based-image-retrieval approach for medical image repositories

Diaa el Rifai, Anthony Maeder, Liwan Liyanage

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Abstract

Medical image repositories present a challenging environment for query and search algorithms, due to the highly specialised nature of the images. This paper describes an approach to assessing image similarity using simple statistical measures computed over blocks of adjacent pixels. The approach can be applied as an initial step in construction of a content-based-image-retrieval system for large collections of medical images, to rank candidate images according to their similarity to a given query image. Experimental results demonstrating the effects of different choices of the block parameters are presented to indicate the robustness of the approach.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th Australasian Workshop on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management (HIKM 2015), Sydney, Australia, 27-30 January 2015
PublisherAustralian Computer Society
Pages69-74
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781921770463
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventAustralasian Workshop on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management -
Duration: 27 Jan 2015 → …

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ISSN (Print)1445-1336

Conference

ConferenceAustralasian Workshop on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management
Period27/01/15 → …

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