content-based information retrieval
CBIR
CBVIR
content-based visual information retrieval
QBIC
query by image content

    (CBIR, query by image content, QBIC,
   content-based visual information retrieval, CBVIR) A general
   term for methods using image analysis to try to identify
   objects and features in images to allow them to indexed and
   searched.

   This contrasts with the use of image metadata such as
   keywords or tags associated with (and possibly stored in) the
   image.

   [IEEE Computer, September 1995].

   (2017-12-12)