Content-based Image Retrieval for Medical Application

Abstract

ABSTRAK Dapatan semula imej (DSI) adalah sistem pencarian imej yang menggunakan ciri-ciri tertentu atau konteks khusus Kata kunci: Imej perubatan; sistem dapatan semula imej; aplikasi perubatan; modaliti x-ray; TBIRS ABSTRACT Image retrieval is an image searching system that uses certain characteristics or context in an image. In a medical field, image retrieval system has been used to provide the needed correct images to the physicians while the diagnosis and treatment process is being conducted. The earlier image retrieval system was a text-based image retrieval system (TBIRS) which using keyword for the image context and it requires human's help to manually make text annotation on the images. This system is still being widely used in the hospitals nowadays. The text annotation process is a laborious task especially when dealing with a huge database and is prone to human errors. To overcome the aforementioned issues, the approach of a content-based image retrieval system (CBIRS) with automatic indexing using visual features such as color