Object-Based Image Retrieval Using Active Nets

In this work, extraction of relevant objects from images and their matching for retrieval is proposed. Objects are represented by using a two dimensional deformable structure referred to as active net, capable to adapt to relevant image regions according to chromatic and edge information. In particular, this representation allows a joint description of color, shape and structural information of extracted objects. A similarity measure between active nets is also defined and validated in a set of retrieval experiments on the ETH-80 objects database

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