The session aims to underline the intrinsic connection between complex image processing, on one hand, and three important and interconnected actions: diagnosis, monitoring and control, on the other hand. Due to the ITC development, the intelligent image processing in domains like: industry, medicine, agriculture, environment, transportation and so on is now possible. As a consequence, the applications of complex image interpretation (e.g. texture and fractals) in domains like: industry, robotics, medicine, agriculture, environment, transportation and so on, needs interdisciplinary knowledge and effectively solve many problems encountered. All session papers need to have a high scientific level and will be selected based on their relevance to the session topics. Within the framework of the 2017 40th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP) held during July 5-7, 2017, Barcelona, Spain, we invite the researchers and practitioners to present and discuss advances in the research and development of intelligent systems for complex image processing and interpretation, based on efficient feature selection in the field of diagnosis, monitoring and control. Hence, the goal of this special session is to bring together researchers, engineers and users in different domains which are engaged in resolving their problems by the aid of intelligent image processing algorithms and with interest in novel methods, techniques and algorithms for intelligent image processing proposed to solve difficult problems in the mentioned field.