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Retrieval of high-dimensional visual data: current state, trends and challenges ahead

Foncubierta-Rodríguez, Antonio ; Müller, Henning ; Depeursinge, Adrien

In: Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2014, vol. 69, no. 2, p. 539-567

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    Titre
    • Retrieval of high-dimensional visual data: current state, trends and challenges ahead
    Auteur
    • Foncubierta-Rodríguez, Antonio. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), TechnoArk 3, 3960, Sierre, Switzerland
    • Müller, Henning. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), TechnoArk 3, 3960, Sierre, Switzerland
    • Depeursinge, Adrien. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), TechnoArk 3, 3960, Sierre, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2014, vol. 69, no. 2, p. 539-567. Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:326472
    Summary
    Information retrieval algorithms have changed the way we manage and use various data sources, such as images, music or multimedia collections. First, free text information of documents from varying sources became accessible in addition to structured data in databases, initially for exact search and then for more probabilistic models. Novel approaches enable content-based visual search of images using computerized image analysis making visual image content searchable without requiring high quality manual annotations. Other multimedia data followed such as video and music retrieval, sometimes based on techniques such as extracting objects and classifying genre. 3D (surface) objects and solid textures have also been produced in quickly increasing quantities, for example in medical tomographic imaging. For these two types of 3D information sources, systems have become available to characterize the objects or textures and search for similar visual content in large databases. With 3D moving sequences (i.e., 4D), in particular medical imaging, even higher-dimensional data have become available for analysis and retrieval and currently present many multimedia retrieval challenges. This article systematically reviews current techniques in various fields of 3D and 4D visual information retrieval and analyses the currently dominating application areas. The employed techniques are analysed and regrouped to highlight similarities and complementarities among them in order to guide the choice of optimal approaches for new 3D and 4D retrieval problems. Opportunities for future applications conclude the article. 3D or higher-dimensional visual information retrieval is expected to grow quickly in the coming years and in this respect this article can serve as a basis for designing new applications.