title: Active index for content-based medical image retrieval.
abstract: This paper introduces the active index for content-based medical image retrieval. The dynamic nature of the active index is its most important characteristic. With an active index, we can effectively and efficiently handle smart images that respond to accessing, probing and other actions. The main applications of the active index are to prefetch image and multimedia data, and to facilitate similarity retrieval. The experimental active index system is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D019212:Multimedia; D011873:Radiology Information Systems