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This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the technical achievements in the research area of image retrieval, especially content-based image retrieval, an area that has been so active and prosperous in the past few years. The survey includes the research aspects of image feature representation and extraction, multidimensional indexing, and system design.

Keywords

Extractions; Segmentation; Image Segmentation; Coloring; Color Layout; High Dimensional Indexing

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