Content-based image retrieval based on color-spatial features

• 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/13776/1/Content.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13776/; http://e-journal.um.edu.my/publish/MJCS/154-168

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...