Sketch-based Medical Image Retrieval

Abstract

The amount of medical images stored in hospitals is increasing faster than ever; however, utilizing the accumulated medical images has been limited. This is because existing content-based medical image retrieval (CBMIR) systems usually require example images to construct query vectors; nevertheless, example images cannot always be prepared. Besides, there can be images with rare characteristics that make it difficult to find similar example images, which we call isolated samples. Here, we introduce a novel sketch-based medical image retrieval (SBMIR) system that enables users to find images of interest without example images. The key idea lies in feature decomposition of medical images, whereby the entire feature of a medical image can be decomposed into and reconstructed from normal and abnormal features. By extending this idea, our SBMIR system provides an easy-to-use two-step graphical user interface: users first select a template image to specify a normal feature and then draw a se

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