ABSTRACT

Images are the main carriers of information as processed in the human brain. It has been estimated that more than 90% of experience and knowledge of humans are learned via visual perception. is may also explain that best-working mnemonics are those where the numbers or words to remember are mapped to images, and their order is learned by composing a story as a virtual moving picture. For many of us,

21.3 Medical Use of CBIR ...................................................................... 21-7 Diagnostics • Research • Education

21.4 Engineering Fields of Medical CBIR Systems .......................... 21-10 Content and Features • Performance • Usability • Integration

21.7 Summary and Conclusions ......................................................... 21-28 References .................................................................................................. 21-31

a face is recognized much easier than a name, although the visual pattern is by far more complex than a couple of letters.