Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features

A novel technique for Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) that employs both the color and spatial information of images is proposed. A maximum of three dominant color regions in an image together with its respective coordinates of the Minimum-Bounding Rectangle (MBR) are first extracted. Next, the...

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Main Authors: Mustaffa, Mas Rina, Ahmad, Fatimah, O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza, Mahmod, Ramlan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13776/
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author Mustaffa, Mas Rina
Ahmad, Fatimah
O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza
Mahmod, Ramlan
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Ahmad, Fatimah
O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza
Mahmod, Ramlan
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description A novel technique for Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) that employs both the color and spatial information of images is proposed. A maximum of three dominant color regions in an image together with its respective coordinates of the Minimum-Bounding Rectangle (MBR) are first extracted. Next, the Sub-Block technique is then used to determine the location of the dominant regions by comparing the coordinates of the regions MBR with the four corners of the center of the location map. The cell number that is maximally covered by the region is supposedly to be assigned as the location index. However, the Sub-Block technique is not reliable because in most cases, the location index assigned is not the cell number that is maximally covered by the region and sometimes a region does not overlap with the cell number assigned at all. The effectiveness of this technique has been improved using the Improved Sub-Block technique by taking into consideration the total horizontal and vertical distances of a region at each location where it overlaps. The color-spatial technique is accessed on a Query-by- Example CBIR system consisting of 900 images. From the experiments it is shown that retrieval effectiveness has been significantly improved by 85.86%.
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spelling upm-137762016-11-01T09:08:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13776/ Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features Mustaffa, Mas Rina Ahmad, Fatimah O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza Mahmod, Ramlan A novel technique for Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) that employs both the color and spatial information of images is proposed. A maximum of three dominant color regions in an image together with its respective coordinates of the Minimum-Bounding Rectangle (MBR) are first extracted. Next, the Sub-Block technique is then used to determine the location of the dominant regions by comparing the coordinates of the regions MBR with the four corners of the center of the location map. The cell number that is maximally covered by the region is supposedly to be assigned as the location index. However, the Sub-Block technique is not reliable because in most cases, the location index assigned is not the cell number that is maximally covered by the region and sometimes a region does not overlap with the cell number assigned at all. The effectiveness of this technique has been improved using the Improved Sub-Block technique by taking into consideration the total horizontal and vertical distances of a region at each location where it overlaps. The color-spatial technique is accessed on a Query-by- Example CBIR system consisting of 900 images. From the experiments it is shown that retrieval effectiveness has been significantly improved by 85.86%. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13776/1/Content.pdf Mustaffa, Mas Rina and Ahmad, Fatimah and O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza and Mahmod, Ramlan (2008) Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 21 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0127-9084 http://e-journal.um.edu.my/publish/MJCS/154-168
spellingShingle Mustaffa, Mas Rina
Ahmad, Fatimah
O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza
Mahmod, Ramlan
Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
title Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
title_full Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
title_fullStr Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
title_full_unstemmed Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
title_short Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
title_sort content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13776/1/Content.pdf