The medGIFT Group in ImageCLEFmed 2013

This article presents the participation of the medGIFT group in ImageCLEFmed 2013. Since 2004, the group has participated in the medical image retrieval tasks of ImageCLEF each year. There are four types of tasks for ImageCLEFmed 2013: modality classification, image– based retrieval, case–based retrieval and a new task on compound figure separation. The medGIFT group participated in all four tasks. MedGIFT is developing a system named ParaDISE (Parallel Distributed Image Search Engine), which is the successor of GIFT (GNU Image Finding Tool). The alpha version of ParaDISE was used to run the experiments in the competition. The focus was on the use of multiple features in combinations with novel strategies, i.e, compound figure separation for modality classification or modality filtering for ad–hoc image and case– based retrieval.