FReBIR: An image retrieval system based on fuzzy region matching

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 693-707

  Philipp Foliguet, Sylvie ^a   Gony, Julien ^a   Gosselin, Philippe Henri ^a  

^a ENSEA   (France)

Author keywords

Fuzzy segmentation; Image indexing; Image retrieval; Inexact graph matching; Kernel function; Spatial relationship

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SEGMENTATION; IMAGE INDEXING; INEXACT GRAPH MATCHING; KERNEL FUNCTION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP;

FEEDBACK; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PATTERN MATCHING;

IMAGE MATCHING;

EID: 64049108077     PISSN: 10773142     EISSN: 1090235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cviu.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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