Brain Disease Classification and Progression using Machine Learning Techniques -- The Role of Content-Based Image Retrieval in Mammography CAD -- A Novel Image-based Approach for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer using DCE-MRI -- Computational Intelligent Image Analysis for Assisting Radiation Oncologists' Decision Making in Radiation Treatment Planning -- Computational Anatomy in the Abdomen: Automated Multi-Organ and Tumor Analysis from Computed Tomography -- Liver Volumetry in MRI by using Fast Marching Algorithm Coupled with 3D Geodesic Active Contour Segmentation -- Computer-aided Image Analysis for Vertebral Anatomy on X-ray CT Images -- Robust Segmentation of Challenging Lungs in CT using Multi-Stage Learning and Level Set Optimization -- Bone Suppression in Chest Radiographs by Means of Anatomically Specific Multiple Massive-Training ANNs Combined with Total Variation Minimization Smoothing and Consistency Processing -- Image Segmentation for Connectomics using Machine Learning -- Image Analysis Techniques for the Quantification of Brain Tumors on MR Images -- Respiratory and Cardiac Function Analysis on the Basis of Dynamic Chest Radiography -- Adaptive Noise Reduction and Edge Enhancement in Medical Images by using ICA -- Subtraction Techniques for CT and DSA and Automated Detection of Lung Nodules in 3D CT.