%0 Journal Article %A Qiu Chen and Feifei Lee and Koji Kotani and Tadahiro Ohmi %D 2011 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 59, 2011 %T Local Image Descriptor using VQ-SIFT for Image Retrieval %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2562 %V 59 %X In this paper, we present local image descriptor using VQ-SIFT for more effective and efficient image retrieval. Instead of SIFT's weighted orientation histograms, we apply vector quantization (VQ) histogram as an alternate representation for SIFT features. Experimental results show that SIFT features using VQ-based local descriptors can achieve better image retrieval accuracy than the conventional algorithm while the computational cost is significantly reduced. %P 1230 - 1234