Multimedia information technologies, which provide comprehensive and intuitive information for a broad range of applications, have a strong impact on modem life, and have changed our way of learning and thinking. Over the past two decades, there has been an explosive growth in the use of digital multimedia (including audio, video, images and graphics) over the Internet and wireless communication. As the use of digital multimedia increases, effective data storage and management become increasingly important. In fields which use large quantities of data (e. g. audio, video, image and digital libraries; geographical and medical image databases; etc), we need to minimize the volume of data stored while meeting the often conflicting demand for accurate data representation. In addition, the data need to be managed such that it facilitates efficient searching, browsing and cooperative work. This area has been a very active research area in recent years. This book will provide readers with an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of cutting edge technologies in multimedia information retrieval and management, which directly affect our industry, economy and social life The book is divided into two major parts: Technological Fundamentals which covers the core theories of the area; and Applications which describes the broad range of practical uses for this technology.

Provides a complete overview of Multimedia Information Retrieval and Management Covers the fundamental technologies as well as applications in various fields, such as biometrics, digital libraries and medical imaging Provides information about the latest cutting-edge research Is written by leading experts in their particular fields

Inhalt
1 Fundamentals of content-based image retrieval.- 2 Content-based video analysis, retrieval and browsing.- 3 Relevance feedback in content-based image retrieval.- 4 Video analysis and summarization at structural and semantic levels.- 5 Content-based retrieval for digital audio and music.- 6 MPEG-7 Multimedia Content Description Standard.- 7 Multimedia authentication and watermarking.- 8 Indexing and retrieving high dimensional visual features.- 9 A semantic data modeling mechanism for a multimedia database.- 10 Feature-based retrieval in visual database systems.- 11 Digital library.- 12 Scalable storage for digital libraries.- 13 Object repositories for digital libraries.- 14 Information discovery on the world-wide-web.- 15 Cooperative multimedia information systems.- 16 PACS, image management and imaging informatics.- 17 Content-based retrieval for medical data.- 18 Biometrics feature retrieval using palmprint images.- 19 Search of human faces from a face database.- 20 Data management for live plant identification.- 21 Fast startup and interactive retrievals of broadcast videos.