Overview of image mining research
Hu Min, Yang Shuangyuan · 2010
Valuable information can be hidden in images. The need for image mining is high in view of the fast growing amounts of image data. In this paper, we first point out unique characteristics of image mining, then analyze the overall process and discuss the main technology of image mining, namely, image classification and clustering, association rule mining. Some applications in various areas are introduced. Finally, some future research directions and problems of image mining are presented.