Content based image retrieval, a technique which uses visual contents of image to search images from large scale image databases according to users' interests. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on recent technology used in the area of content based face image retrieval. Nowadays digital devices and photo shari…
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This paper improves image retrieval accuracy through novel relevance feedback methods.
problem Improving image retrieval accuracy in Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR).
method Novel addition to feature re-weighting and classification techniques, focusing on 0-th iteration improvement.
result Significantly improved retrieval accuracy from relevance feedback.
Most content-based image retrieval systems consider either one single query, or multiple queries that include the same object or represent the same semantic information. In this paper we consider the content-based image retrieval problem for multiple query images corresponding to different image semantics. We propose a…
Nodule2vec: a 3D Deep Learning System for Pulmonary Nodule Retrieval Using Semantic Representationcs.IR
System converts 3D lung nodule images into embeddings for retrieval.
problem Retrieving similar 3D lung nodule images for radiologist decision support.
method 3D deep learning, semantic representation, transfer learning, similarity score.
result System can measure similarity between nodule annotations and CBIR results.
A fast compression-based similarity measure with applications to content-based image retrievalstat.ML
Compression-based similarity measures are effectively employed in applications on diverse data types with a basically parameter-free approach. Nevertheless, there are problems in applying these techniques to medium-to-large datasets which have been seldom addressed. This paper proposes a similarity measure based on com…
We propose Information-Theoretic Active Learning (ITAL), a novel batch-mode active learning method for binary classification, and apply it for acquiring meaningful user feedback in the context of content-based image retrieval. Instead of combining different heuristics such as uncertainty, diversity, or density, our met…
This paper functions as a tutorial for individuals interested to enter the field of information retrieval but wouldn't know where to begin from. It describes two fundamental yet efficient image retrieval techniques, the first being k - nearest neighbors (knn) and the second support vector machines(svm). The goal is to …
Deep learning features improve CBIR system performance.
problem Retrieving similar images from a large database.
method Using features from pre-trained deep learning models for similarity retrieval.
result Significantly superior retrieval results compared to traditional methods.
A clinically motivated self-supervised approach for content-based image retrieval of CT liver imagescs.CV
Self-supervised method improves CBIR of CT liver images.
problem Limited labeled data and lack of transparency in deep CBIR systems.
method Proposes a self-supervised learning framework with domain-knowledge integration.
result Improved performance and generalization across datasets.
Deep Tensor Encodingcs.IR
Learning an encoding of feature vectors in terms of an over-complete dictionary or a information geometric (Fisher vectors) construct is wide-spread in statistical signal processing and computer vision. In content based information retrieval using deep-learning classifiers, such encodings are learnt on the flattened la…
In information retrieval, a fundamental goal is to transform a document into concepts that are representative of its content. The term "representative" is in itself challenging to define, and various tasks require different granularities of concepts. In this paper, we aim to model concepts that are sparse over the voca…
Hierarchical beta process has found interesting applications in recent years. In this paper we present a modified hierarchical beta process prior with applications to hierarchical modeling of multiple data sources. The novel use of the prior over a hierarchical factor model allows factors to be shared across different …
Unsupervised near-duplicate detection has many practical applications ranging from social media analysis and web-scale retrieval, to digital image forensics. It entails running a threshold-limited query on a set of descriptors extracted from the images, with the goal of identifying all possible near-duplicates, while l…
Applying traditional collaborative filtering to digital publishing is challenging because user data is very sparse due to the high volume of documents relative to the number of users. Content based approaches, on the other hand, is attractive because textual content is often very informative. In this paper we describe …
Motivation: Public and private repositories of experimental data are growing to sizes that require dedicated methods for finding relevant data. To improve on the state of the art of keyword searches from annotations, methods for content-based retrieval have been proposed. In the context of gene expression experiments, …
In this paper, we propose a novel hash learning approach that has the following main distinguishing features, when compared to past frameworks. First, the codewords are utilized in the Hamming space as ancillary techniques to accomplish its hash learning task. These codewords, which are inferred from the data, attempt …
Distance metric learning is an important component for many tasks, such as statistical classification and content-based image retrieval. Existing approaches for learning distance metrics from pairwise constraints typically suffer from two major problems. First, most algorithms only offer point estimation of the distanc…
Combines deep learning and iterative methods for robust phase retrieval.
problem Recovering signals from noisy Fourier intensities.
method Regularization-by-denoising combining iterative phase retrieval and deep learning.
result Outperforms other noise-robust phase retrieval algorithms.
MuLan links music audio to natural language tags.
problem Traditional music tagging systems use rigid attributes; MuLan aims to link audio directly to natural language.
method Joint audio-text embedding model trained on 44 million music recordings and text annotations.
result MuLan's embeddings enable zero-shot functionalities and transfer learning.
Brain imaging analysis on clinically acquired computed tomography (CT) is essential for the diagnosis, risk prediction of progression, and treatment of the structural phenotypes of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, in real clinical imaging scenarios, entire body CT images (e.g., neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis) are t…
New method uses image registration to recover complex signals from amplitude data.
problem Recovering complex-valued signals from amplitude measurements.
method Indirect registration using LDDMM formalism with exterior calculus.
result Algorithm performs well under various conditions including noise and topology.
With the wide development of black-box machine learning algorithms, particularly deep neural network (DNN), the practical demand for the reliability assessment is rapidly rising. On the basis of the concept that `Bayesian deep learning knows what it does not know,' the uncertainty of DNN outputs has been investigated a…
A new hashing framework learns multiple hash codes for each image to improve hash bucket search efficiency.
problem Existing hashing methods fail to handle complex image retrieval scenarios efficiently.
method Multiple Code Hashing (MCH) framework with deep reinforcement learning.
result Significant improvement in hash bucket search performance compared to single-code methods.
We present a probabilistic model for Sketch-Based Image Retrieval (SBIR) where, at retrieval time, we are given sketches from novel classes, that were not present at training time. Existing SBIR methods, most of which rely on learning class-wise correspondences between sketches and images, typically work well only for …
Introduces robust and decomposable AP for image retrieval.
problem Challenges in training deep neural networks with AP.
method Differentiable rank approximation and loss function design.
result ROADMAP outperforms AP approximation methods and deep models.
Pair-Wise Cluster Analysisstat.ML
This paper studies the problem of learning clusters which are consistently present in different (continuously valued) representations of observed data. Our setup differs slightly from the standard approach of (co-) clustering as we use the fact that some form of `labeling' becomes available in this setup: a cluster is …
Deep learning tackles low-photon nanoscale holographic phase retrieval.
problem Low-photon imaging challenges at nanoscale.
method Dataset-free deep learning framework with physical model integration.
result Significantly improves signal recovery from higher noise levels.
Introduces MPR to measure and optimize representation across intersectional groups in retrieval.
problem Harmful stereotypes, cultural erasure, and social disparities in image search and retrieval.
method Develops MPR metric, practical estimation methods, theoretical guarantees, and optimization algorithms.
result Optimizing MPR yields more proportional representation across multiple intersectional groups, often with minimal retrieval accuracy compromise.
Vision based localization is the problem of inferring the pose of the camera given a single image. One solution to this problem is to learn a deep neural network to infer the pose of a query image after learning on a dataset of images with known poses. Another more commonly used approach rely on image retrieval where t…
Conventional approaches to Sketch-Based Image Retrieval (SBIR) assume that the data of all the classes are available during training. The assumption may not always be practical since the data of a few classes may be unavailable, or the classes may not appear at the time of training. Zero-Shot Sketch-Based Image Retriev…
Automated melodic phrase detection and segmentation is a classical task in content-based music information retrieval and also the key towards automated music structure analysis. However, traditional methods still cannot satisfy practical requirements. In this paper, we explore and adapt various neural network architect…
Signal retrieval from a series of indirect measurements is a common task in many imaging, metrology and characterization platforms in science and engineering. Because most of the indirect measurement processes are well-described by physical models, signal retrieval can be solved with an iterative optimization that enfo…
We introduce MosAIc, an interactive web app that allows users to find pairs of semantically related artworks that span different cultures, media, and millennia. To create this application, we introduce Conditional Image Retrieval (CIR) which combines visual similarity search with user supplied filters or "conditions". …
Phase retrieval algorithms have become an important component in many modern computational imaging systems. For instance, in the context of ptychography and speckle correlation imaging, they enable imaging past the diffraction limit and through scattering media, respectively. Unfortunately, traditional phase retrieval …
We propose a new algorithm to learn a dictionary for reconstructing and sparsely encoding signals from measurements without phase. Specifically, we consider the task of estimating a two-dimensional image from squared-magnitude measurements of a complex-valued linear transformation of the original image. Several recent …
Planetary exploration missions with Mars rovers are complicated, which generally require elaborated task planning by human experts, from the path to take to the images to capture. NASA has been using this process to acquire over 22 million images from the planet Mars. In order to improve the degree of automation and th…
Content-based news recommendation systems need to recommend news articles based on the topics and content of articles without using user specific information. Many news articles describe the occurrence of specific events and named entities including people, places or objects. In this paper, we propose a graph traversal…
Efficient sparse attention reduces self-attention complexity and improves model performance.
problem Quadratic compute and memory requirements of self-attention for long sequences.
method Content-based sparse attention with dynamic routing module.
result Routing Transformer achieves state-of-the-art performance on various benchmarks.
This paper tackles non-convex phase retrieval with structured assumptions.
problem Phase retrieval with limited measurements and structure assumptions.
method Non-convex approaches with sample complexity guarantees.
result Sample-efficient recovery with structured signals/images.
Content Based Player and Game Interaction Model for Game Recommendation in the Cold Start settingcs.IR
Paper presents content-based models for game recommendation in cold start scenarios.
problem Cold start problem in game recommendation where new games and players have no historical data.
method Uses survey data to develop content-based interaction models that generalize to new games, players, and both.
result Content models outperform collaborative filtering in predicting new interactions.
This paper shows how optimizing with hard negative examples improves image retrieval.
problem Training with hard negative examples leads to poor training behavior.
method Characterize the space of triplets, derive why hard negatives fail, and offer a fix to the loss function.
result Optimizing with hard negative examples leads to more generalizable features and better image retrieval.
Collaborative filtering (CF) and content-based filtering (CBF) have widely been used in information filtering applications. Both approaches have their strengths and weaknesses which is why researchers have developed hybrid systems. This paper proposes a novel approach to unify CF and CBF in a probabilistic framework, n…
Solves a challenging problem in imaging and communication.
problem Simultaneous source separation and phase retrieval.
method Uses deep generative models to constrain the search space.
result Demonstrates solving a highly under-determined, non-convex problem.
Person re-identification (Re-ID) aims at matching images of the same person across disjoint camera views, which is a challenging problem in multimedia analysis, multimedia editing and content-based media retrieval communities. The major challenge lies in how to preserve similarity of the same person across video footag…
We present a simple but powerful reinterpretation of kernelized locality-sensitive hashing (KLSH), a general and popular method developed in the vision community for performing approximate nearest-neighbor searches in an arbitrary reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). Our new perspective is based on viewing the step…
A new CNN-based algorithm improves Fourier ptychography for faster, more robust image reconstruction.
problem Slow and inefficient Fourier ptychography reconstruction under system aberrations.
method A CNN-based iterative phase retrieval algorithm trained on GPUs.
result Significantly faster and more robust image reconstruction under system aberrations.
Paper tackles image recovery from blurry measurements using deep generative priors.
problem Jointly recovering two real-valued signals from phaseless circular convolutions.
method Alternating gradient descent algorithm with deep generative priors.
result Reconstructs quality images from blurry measurements.
An interactive image retrieval system learns which images in the database belong to a user's query concept, by analyzing the example images and feedback provided by the user. The challenge is to retrieve the relevant images with minimal user interaction. In this work, we propose to solve this problem by posing it as a …