Affiliation:
1. University of Huddersfield, UK
2. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Abstract
The research field of “Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR)” is closely related to several others. This chapter provides an overview of the most relevant research fields and their interrelationship regarding this investigation. For each one, a summary of recent, related research is presented. In addition, the related preliminary work of the author is shortly presented. Based on this background information, major challenges in CBIR are discussed. The scope and the aims of this investigation have been adjusted to accommodate those challenges with respect to the given resources.