The evolution of visual information retrieval
- 13 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Information Science
- Vol. 34 (4), 531-546
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551508091013
Abstract
This paper seeks to provide a brief overview of those developments which have taken the theory and practice of image and video retrieval into the digital age. Drawing on a voluminous literature, the context in which visual information retrieval takes place is followed by a consideration of the conceptual and practical challenges posed by the representation and recovery of visual material on the basis of its semantic content. An historical account of research endeavours in content-based retrieval, directed towards the automation of these operations in digital image scenarios, provides the main thrust of the paper. Finally, a look forwards locates visual information retrieval research within the wider context of content-based multimedia retrieval.Keywords
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