Kazuma Kobayashi, Lin Gu, Ryuichiro Hataya, Takaaki Mizuno, Mototaka Miyake, Hirokazu Watanabe, Masamichi Takahashi, Yasuyuki Takamizawa, Yukihiro Yoshida, Satoshi Nakamura, Nobuji Kouno, Amina Bolatkan, Yusuke Kurose, Tatsuya Harada, Ryuji Hamamoto
The volume of medical images stored in hospitals is rapidly increasing; however, the utilization of these accumulated medical images remains limited. Existing content-based medical image retrieval (CBMIR) systems typically require example images, leading to practical limitations, such as the lack of customizable, fine-grained image retrieval, the inability to search without example images, and difficulty in retrieving rare cases. In this paper, we introduce a sketch-based medical image retrieval (SBMIR) system that enables users to find images of interest without the need for example images...
December 8, 2023: Medical Image Analysis