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Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) is becoming an important field with the advance of multimedia and imaging technology everincreasingly. It makes use of image features, such as color, shape and texture, to index images with minimal human intervention. Among many retrieval features associated with CBIR, texture retrieval is one of the most powerful. Content-based image retrieval can also be utilized to locate medical images in large databases. In this research, we introduce a content-based approach to medical image retrieval. A case study, which describes the methodology of a CBIR system for retrieving digital human brain MRI database based on textural features retrieval, is then... 

Over the past few years, various studies have demonstrated that the complex networks can be used to model the structure and functions of human brain. Some of these studies indi- cated that diseases such as Alzheimer, Epilepsy, and Schizophrenia can cause changes in this network. The main idea behind the methods proposed to analyze human brain’s behav- ior, is to identify regions of the brain with specific tasks. Recent studies show that multiple regions of human brain are involved in complex activities, so it’s important to detect their interactions. Using functional high resolution multichannel neurophysiological signals, like electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetoencephalographic... 

Self-organized critical phenomena are interesting phenomena which are ubiquitous in nature. Examples include mountain ranges , coastlines and also activities in the hu-man's brain. In these processes, without fine-tuning of any external parameter such as the temperature, the system exhibits critical behavior. In other words, the dynamics of the system, drives it towards an state in which long range correlations in space and scaling behaviors can be seen.The first successful model which could characterize such systems was BTW model, introduced by Bak , Tang and Wiesenfeld in 1987. This model, later named Abelian sandpile model, was very simple and because of this simplicity, a large amount of...