Image recognition and classification is one of the most actively pursued areas in the broad field of imaging sciences and engineering. The reason is evident: the ability to replace human visual capabilities with a machine is very important and there are diverse applications. The main idea is to inspect an image scene by processing data obtained from sensors. Such machines can substantially reduce the workload and improve accuracy of making decisions by human operators in diverse fields including the military and defense, biomedical engineering systems, health monitoring, surgery, intelligent transportation systems, manufacturing, robotics, entertainment, and security systems
