Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) of Dermatological Images H.H.W.J Bosman, N. Petkov, M.F. Jonkman Image retrieval: CBIR - what is it? Search for images that are similar to an input image Features that might indicate similarity Color Texture Shape Text tags etc... iMedia Project select query iMedia Project query results GIFT select query GIFT query result Leiden 19 th -Century Portrait Database Leiden 19 th -Century Portrait Database CBIR in medical settings Seeking pathologically similar mammogram images Dept of Computer Science at Warwick universitye CBIR in medical settingsl CBIR in dermatology Methods - the dataset 211 dermatological images from the UMCG image database Divided into 4 classes: Red, White, Blue, Brown Manually selecting area of healthy skin (70,110,90) and lesion skin (120,95,80) CBIR in dermatology Results with only color features 75% correct retrieval White is retrieved best Blue is the most difficult to retrieve Results vary with the goodness of the selection of different regions. From CBIR to CBCR (content based case retrieval) TEST CASE defined by PROVOKE query: Plaats:...Efflorescentie:... Rangschikking:... Omvang:... Kleur/Vorm/Omtrek: Questions or suggestions?