Image Processing and Communications represents an exciting and dynamic part of the information area. This book consists of 52 scientific and technical papers from 14 Nations, after a careful selection performed by many international reviewers. The papers are conveniently grouped into 6 chapters:- Computer Vision and Image Processing- Biometric- Recognition and Classification- Biomedical Image Processing- Applications- Communications. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic, presents results, and points out challenges and future directions.