from comp.ai.vision - beside C also Python code included

[Claudio Grondi]

From: Thomas Deselaers <deselaers at informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Q&A  : FIRE (Flexible Image Retrieval Engine) sources available

 FIRE is an extensible image retrieval engine that was developed to
 investigate the impact of different features for content-based image
 retrieval. The system was used in the 2004 ImageCLEF evaluation and
 obtained the best results for the medical task using only visual
 information. The system also gives very good results for general color
 photographs using invariant color features and Tamura texture
 histograms.

 FIRE contains lots of different feature extraction tools, distance
 measures, and tools for performance evaluation.

 The source code, a demo, and further information about FIRE is available
 online at

 http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~deselaers/fire.html