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,

14.3 Medical Use of CBIR ...................................................................... 14-7 Diagnostics • Research • Education

14.4 Engineering Fields of Medical CBIR Systems .......................... 14-10 Content and Features • Performance • Usability • Integration

14.7 Summary and Conclusions .........................................................14-28 References .................................................................................................. 14-31

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