Advances in computer vision and machine intelligence.
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1. Image Modeling and Retrieval --;1.1. Image Archives --;1.2. The Modal Distance between Images and Text --;1.3. Reducing Image Complexity through Models --;1.4. A Three Stage Operation Scheme --;1.5. Book Contents --;2. Efficient and Effective Nearest Neighbor Search in a Medical Image Database of Tumor Shapes --;2.1. Introduction --;2.2. Survey --;2.3. Mathematical Morphology --;2.4. Problem Definition --;2.5. Proposed Solution --;2.6. Experiments --;2.7. Conclusions --;2.8. Discussion --;Appendices --;2.A. Proof of Lemma --;2.B. Proof of Lemma --;2.C. Proof of Lemma --;3. Shape-Similarity-Based Retrieval in Image Databases --;3.1. Introduction --;3.2. 2-Dimensional Shape Retrieval --;3.3. 3-Dimensional Shape Retrieval --;3.4. Conclusions --;4. Color Angular Indexing and Image Retrieval --;4.1. Introduction --;4.2. Background --;4.3. Distribution Angles --;4.4. Results --;4.5. Conclusion --;5. Indexing Color-Texture Image Patterns --;5.1. Introduction --;5.2. Image Indexing Based on Texture and Color --;5.3. Color Texture Indexing and Retrieval --;5.4. Evaluation --;5.5. Conclusions --;5.6. Acknowledgments --;6. Iconic Indexing for Visual Databases --;6.1. Introduction --;6.2. Background --;6.3. Generalized Extended Pseudo-Symbolic Pictures --;6.4. Algorithms for Generating GP-2D and GEP-2D Strings --;6.5. Maintenance of Lost Absolute Spatial Relationships --;6.6. The Generalized Combined 2D String Representation --;6.7. Picture Retrieval by GEP-2D Strings and GC-2D Strings --;6.8. Discussion and Conclusion --;6.9. Acknowledgments --;7. Using Weighted Spatial Relationships in Retrieval by Visual Contents --;7.1. Introduction --;7.2. Weighted Walkthroughs --;7.3. Using Weighted Walkthroughs to Model Spatial Arrangements --;7.4. Discussion.
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Afterwards, different model- ing approaches are addressed in six chapters contributed by major research groups in the field: modeling based on object shape is addressed in chapter 2 by F.