title: [Content-based medical image retrieval].
abstract: At first, the concept of medical image retrieval based on contents is here illustrated. Then, features of medical image are analyzed. Among them, gray histogram method, texture method, shape method are discussed, and the compression method is emphasized. Finally, the challenges in medical image retrieval are presented before us in the paper.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D011873:Radiology Information Systems