Image Databases Search And Retrieval Of Digital Imagery 1st Edition Vittorio Castelli by Vittorio Castelli, Lawrence D. Bergman (editors) 9780471224631, 9780471321163, 9780471464075, 0471224634, 0471321168, 0471464074 instant download after payment.

The explosive growth of multimedia data transmission has generated a critical need for efficient, high-capacity image databases, as well as powerful search engines to retrieve image data from them. This book brings together contributions by an international all-star team of innovators in the field who share their insights into all key aspects of image database and search engine construction. Readers get in-depth discussions of the entire range of crucial image database architecture, indexing and retrieval, transmission, display, and user interface issues. And, using examples from an array of disciplines, the authors present cutting-edge applications in medical imagery, multimedia communications, earth science, remote sensing, and other major application areas.