Table of Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1
1.2

1.3
1.4

1.5

Motivation
CBIR System Architecture
1.2.1
Image Database
1.2.2
Feature Extraction and Feature Database
1.2.3
Query Image
1.2.4
Query Matching and Indexing
1.2.5
Relevance Feedback
Evaluation Measures
Literature Survey
1.4.1 Color Features
1.4.2 Texture Features
1.4.3 Integrated Color and Texture Features
1.4.4 Shape Features
1.4.5 Relevance Feedback
1.4.6 Local Features
1.4.7 Features for Biomedical Image Retrieval
Outline and Contributions of Thesis

2 Local quantized extrema patterns for content based natural and

texture image retrieval
2.1

2.2
2.3

2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
Feature Extraction
Experimental Results and Discussions
2.3.1

2.4

2.3.2
2.3.3
Conclusions

3 Content Based Image Retrieval Using Local Color Oppugnant

Quantized Extrema Patterns
3.1
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.2

3.3
3.4

3.5

3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
Proposed Expert System for CBIR
Experimental Results and Discussions
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
Conclusions

4 Local mesh quantized extrema patterns for image retrieval

4.1

Local Patterns
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
Experimental Results and Discussions
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
Conclusions

5 Color Based Multi Directional Local Motif XoR Patterns for

Image Retrieval
5.1
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.2.
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.3.
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3

6 Content Based Medical Image Retrieval using Local Co-

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occurrence Patterns
6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.1.3
6.2
6.2.1
6.3

6.4

6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
Conclusions

Conclusions and Future Perspectives

10.1
10.2

Conclusions
Future Perspectives

Bibliography
List of Publications

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