A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani et N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Dispositif de vidéosurveillance intelligente pour véhicules en stationnement et/ou en mouvement [TN2022/0276, October 04, 2022, INNORPI, Tunis].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, N. Essoukri Ben amara, H. Jallab et Z. Kricha, Dispositif de numérisation cognitive intelligente des documents anciens et contemporains écrits en Arabe et Latin [TN2022/0180, July 01, 2022, INNORPI, Tunis].
I. Brini, N. Rahal, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, SegClarity: an attribution-based XAI workflow for evaluating historical document layout models. Journal of Imaging, MDPI, 11(12), 424, 2025 [DOI, IF: 3.3, SJR: Q2].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Automatic license plate recognition in in-the-wild scenarios: a comprehensive review, open issues, and future directions. IEEE Access, IEEE, 13, pages 145387-145415, 2025 [DOI, IF: 3.6, SJR: Q1].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, ELP 1.0: a comprehensive and geographically diverse dataset of European license plates. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE, 26(6), pages 7573-7586, 2025 [DOI, IF: 7.9, SJR: Q1].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, A dual-stage system for real-time license plate detection and recognition on mobile security robots. Robotica, Cambridge University Press, 43(6), pages 1981-2002, 2025 [DOI, IF: 1.9, SJR: Q2].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Recognizing text lines in handwritten archival document images using octave convolutional and attention recurrent neural networks. Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer-Verlag, 84(17), pages 18095-18122, 2025 [DOI, IF: 3.0, SJR: Q1].
D. Falconer, G. Vagliani, M. Mehri, M. Bhiri, I. Whitmore, M. Webber, J. Bennett, E. Martin, H. Shah, P. Lambiase, N. Chaturvedi, J. Moon, T. Treibel, I. Pierce, A. Hughes, P. Kellman, G. Calmon and G. Captur, Diagnostic in-bore 12-lead ECGs during adenosine stress perfusion CMR – results from MyoFit46. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Springer-Verlag, 27:101236, 2025 [DOI, IF: 4.2, SJR: Q1].
D. Falconer, M. Mehri, M. Bhiri, I. Whitmore, E. Martin, L. Hamil-Howes, A. Rapala, M. Webber, F. Chan, C. Topriceanu, P. Lambiase, N. Chaturvedi, P. Kellman, J. Moon, I. Pierce, A. Hughes, G. Calmon and G. Captur, Diagnostic 12-lead ECG recordings in the 3 Tesla CMR bore at rest and during adenosine stress perfusion - results from MyoFit46. Heart, BMJ, 110:A256-A258, 2024 [DOI, IF: 5.7, SJR: Q1].
M. Mehri, G. Calmon, F. Odille, J. Oster and A. Lalande, A generative adversarial network to synthesize 3D magnetohydrodynamic distortions for electrocardiogram analyses applied to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Sensors, MDPI, 23(21), 8691, 2023 [DOI, IF: 3.9, SJR: Q2].
M. Mehri, G. Calmon, F. Odille and J. Oster, A deep learning architecture using 3D vectorcardiogram to detect R-peaks in ECG with enhanced precision. Sensors, MDPI, 23(4), 2288, 2023 [DOI, IF: 3.847, SJR: Q2].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, A two-step framework for text line segmentation in historical Arabic and Latin document images. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), Springer-Verlag, 24(3), pages 197-218, 2021 [DOI, IF: 3.870, SJR: Q1].
W. Elhedda, M. Mehri and M. A. Mahjoub, Hyperkernel-based intuitionistic fuzzy c-means for denoising color archival document images. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), Springer-Verlag, 23(3), pages 161-181, 2020 [DOI, IF: 2.085, SJR: Q3].
M. Mehri, R. Chaieb, K. Kalti, P. Héroux, R. Mullot and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, A comparative study of two state-of-the-art feature selection algorithms for texture-based pixel-labeling task of ancient documents. Journal of Imaging, MDPI, 4(8), 97, 2018 [DOI, IS: 1.57].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, Texture feature benchmarking and evaluation for historical document image analysis. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), Springer-Verlag, 20(1), pages 1-35, 2017 [DOI, IF: 1.298, SJR: Q2].
M. Mehri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux, A. Boucher and R. Mullot, A texture-based pixel labeling approach for historical books. Pattern Analysis and Applications (PAA), Springer-Verlag, 20(2), pages 325-364, 2017 [DOI, IF: 1.281, SJR: Q2].
F. Lalys, C. Haegelen, M. Mehri, S. Drapier, M. Vérin and P. Jannin, Anatomo-clinical atlases correlate clinical data and electrode contact coordinates: application to subthalamic deep brain stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Elsevier Science, 212 (2), pages 297-307, 2013 [DOI, IF :1.959, SJR: Q2].
I. Brini, N. Rahal, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, DocXAI-Pruner: optimizing semantic segmentation models for document layout analysis via explainable AI-driven pruning. International Conference on Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Multidisciplinary Applications (FAIEMA), Athens, Greece, 2024 [DOI].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, PGFLP 1.0: benchmark suite and dataset for automatic license plate recognition in the wild. International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), IEEE, pages 1524-1529, Valetta, Malta, 2024 [DOI, CORE: C].
M. Mehri, A. Sellami and S. Tabbone, Historical document image segmentation combining deep learning and Gabor features. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14190, Springer, pages 395-410, San José, California, USA, 2023 [DOI, poster & teaser, CORE: A].
I. Brini, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, An end-to-end framework for evaluating explainable deep models: application to historical document image segmentation. International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 13501, Springer, pages 106-119, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2022 [DOI, oral presentation, CORE: B].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Recognizing handwritten text lines in historical document images based on a gated residual recurrent neural network (G2R2N). International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI), Communications in Computer and Information Science 1653, Springer, pages 250-263, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2022 [DOI, oral presentation, CORE: B].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, PGTLP: a dataset for Tunisian license plate detection and recognition. International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), IEEE, pages 661-666, Monastir, Tunisia, 2021 [DOI, oral presentation].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Performance benchmarking of YOLO architectures for vehicle license plate detection from real-time videos captured by a mobile robot. International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), SciTePress, pages 661-668, Online streaming, 2021 [DOI, oral presentation, CORE: B].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Combining deep and ad-hoc solutions to localize text lines in ancient Arabic document images. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), IEEE, pages 7759-7766, Milan, Italy, 2020 [DOI, poster, CORE: B].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, A text line extraction method for archival document transcription. International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), IEEE, pages 479-484, Monastir, Tunisia, 2020 [DOI, oral presentation].
W. Elhedda, M. Mehri and M. A. Mahjoub, A cluster center initialization method using hyperspace-based multilevel thresholding (HMLT): application to color ancient document image denoising. International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT), IEEE, pages 1-6, Giza, Egypt, 2020 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, R. Mullot, J. P. Moreux, B. Coüasnon and B. Barrett, ICDAR2019 competition on historical book analysis - HBA2019. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 1488-1493, Sydney, Australia, 2019 [DOI, oral presentation & poster, CORE: A].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Text line segmentation in historical document images using an adaptive U-Net architecture. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 369-374, Sydney, Australia, 2019 [DOI, poster, CORE: A].
W. Elhedda, M. Mehri and M. A. Mahjoub, A comparative study of filtering approaches applied to color archival document images. International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT), pages 1-6, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2017 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, J. Lerouge and R. Mullot, Page retrieval system in digitized historical books based on error-tolerant subgraph matching. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 1168-1173, Kyoto, Japan, 2017 [DOI, poster, CORE: A].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, M. Coustaty, P. Gomez-Krämer, J. Lerouge and R. Mullot, Reconnaissance et classification de lettrines à base des descripteurs de bas niveau et de reoral presentation structurelle. Colloque International Francophone sur l'Ecrit et le Document (CIFED), pages 465-480, Toulouse, France, 2016 [HAL, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, J. Lerouge, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, A structural signature based on texture for digitized historical book page categorization. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 116-120, Tunis, Tunisia, 2015 [DOI, poster, CORE: A].
M. Mehri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux, M. Coustaty, J. Lerouge and R. Mullot, A bottom-up method using texture features and a graph-based representation for lettrine recognition and classification. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 226-230, Tunis, Tunisia, 2015 [DOI, oral presentation, CORE: A].
J. C. Burie, J. Chazalon, M. Coustaty, S. Eskenazi, M. M. Luqman, M. Mehri, N. Nayef, J. M. Ogier, S. Prum and M. Rusiñol, SmartDoc: Smartphone document capture and OCR competition. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 1161-1165, Tunis, Tunisia, 2015 [DOI, oral presentation, CORE: A].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, N. Sliti, P. Gomez-Krämer, N. Essoukri Ben Amara and R. Mullot, Extraction of homogeneous regions in historical document images. International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), SciTePress, pages 47-54, Berlin, Germany, 2015 [DOI, oral presentation, CORE: C].
M. Mehri, N. Sliti, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer, N. Essoukri Ben Amara and R. Mullot, Use of SLIC superpixels for ancient document image enhancement and segmentation. Document Recognition and Retrieval (DRR), Annual Symposium on Electronic Imaging, SPIE, 940205, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2015 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, M. Mhiri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer, M. A. Mahjoub and R. Mullot, Performance evaluation and benchmarking of six texture-based feature sets for segmenting historical documents. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), IEEE, pages 2885-2890, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014 [DOI, poster, CORE: B].
M. Mehri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux, A. Boucher and R. Mullot, A pixel labeling framework for comparing texture features: application to digitized ancient books. International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM), SciTePress, pages 553-560, Angers, France, 2014 [DOI, poster].
M. Mehri, M. Mhiri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux, M. A. Mahjoub and R. Mullot, Etude comparative de trois ensembles de descripteurs de texture pour la segmentation de documents anciens. Colloque International Francophone sur l'Ecrit et le Document (CIFED), pages 41-56, Nancy, France, 2014 [HAL, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, V. C. Kieu, M. Mhiri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer, M. A. Mahjoub and R. Mullot, Evaluation de la robustesse des descripteurs de texture pour la segmentation d'images de documents anciens. Colloque International Francophone sur l'Ecrit et le Document (CIFED), pages 25-40, Nancy, France, 2014 [HAL, oral presentation].
V. C. Kieu, M. Mehri, V. Rabeux, N. Journet and M. Visani, Génération d'images semi-synthétiques de documents anciens à des fins d'évaluation de performances et d'apprentissage. Colloque International Francophone sur l'Ecrit et le Document (CIFED), pages 199-214, Nancy, France, 2014 [HAL, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer, A. Boucher and R. Mullot, A pixel labeling approach for historical digitized books. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IEEE, pages 817-821, Washington, DC, USA, 2013 [DOI, poster, CORE: A].
M. Mehri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux and R. Mullot, Old document image segmentation using the autocorrelation function and multiresolution analysis. Document Recognition and Retrieval (DRR), Annual Symposium on Electronic Imaging, SPIE, 86580K, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2013 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, F. Lalys, C. Maumet, C. Haegelen and P. Jannin, Analysis of electrodes' placement and deformation in deep brain stimulation from medical images. Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions and Modeling, SPIE, 831632, San Diego, CA, USA, 2012 [DOI, poster].
A. Ismail, M. Mehri, A. Sahbani and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, End-to-end license plate recognition system with optimized inference on mobile security robots. International Symposium on Robotics & Mechatronics (ISRM), Springer, pages 383-393, Djerba, Tunisia, 2024 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Aublin, G. Calmon, F. Odille and J. Oster, A data augmentation framework to improve R-peak detection in ECG recorded in MRI scanners. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting & Exhibition (ISMRM), Toronto, Canada, 31, 5124, 2023 [Link, poster].
M. Mehri, P. Aublin, G. Calmon, F. Odille and J. Oster, Méthodologie d'augmentation de données pour l'amélioration de détection des pics R dans les ECG acquis au cours des examens IRM. Congrès de la Société Française de Résonance Magnétique en Biologie et Médecine (SFRMBM), Paris, France, 49, 2023 [Link, poster].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, R. Mullot, J. P. Moreux, B. Coüasnon and B. Barrett, HBA 1.0: A pixel-based annotated dataset for historical book analysis. International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), ACM, pages 107-112, Kyoto, Japan, 2017 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, N. Nayef, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, Learning texture-based method for enhancement and segmentation of historical document images. International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), ACM, pages 47-54, Nancy, France, 2015 [DOI, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, V. C. Kieu, M. Mhiri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer, M. A. Mahjoub and R. Mullot, Robustness assessment of texture features for the segmentation of ancient documents. International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), IEEE, pages 293-297, Tours, France, 2014 [DOI, teaser & oral presentation, CORE: B].
M. Mehri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux, A. Boucher and R. Mullot, Texture feature evaluation for segmentation of historical document images. International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), ACM, pages 102-109, Washington, DC, USA, 2013 [DOI, oral presentation].
D. Falconer, M. Mehri, M. Bhiri, M. Webber, I. Whitmore, E. Martin, L. Topala, G. Vagliani, F. Morselli, H. Shah, S. De, T. Treibel, M. Orini, N. Chaturvedi, I. Pierce, P. Kellman, P. Lambiase, J. Moon, A. Hughes, F. Odille, G. Calmon and G. Captur, Diagnostic 12-lead ECGs at rest and during stress in a 3T MR Scanner: a novel system for in-bore cardiac monitoring and ischemia detection. \textit{American Heart Association (AHA) - Scientific Sessions}, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2025 [Link, poster].
D. Falconer, G. Vagliani, M. Mehri, M. Bhiri, I. Whitmore, M. Webber, J. Bennett, E. Martin, H. Shah, P. Lambiase, N. Chaturvedi, J. Moon, T. Treibel, I. Pierce, A. Hughes, P. Kellman, G. Calmon and G. Captur, Diagnostic in-bore 12-lead ECGs during adenosine stress perfusion CMR – results from MyoFit46. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) - Annual Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC, USA, 2025 [Link, oral presentation].
D. Falconer, M. Mehri, M. Bhiri, I. Whitmore, E. Martin, L. Hamil-Howes, A. Rapala, M. Webber, F. Chan, C. Topriceanu, P. Lambiase, N. Chaturvedi, P. Kellman, J. Moon, I. Pierce, A. Hughes, G. Calmon and G. Captur, Diagnostic 12-lead ECG recordings in the 3 Tesla CMR bore at rest and during adenosine stress perfusion - results from MyoFit46. European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC), London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2024 [Link, oral presentation].
D. Falconer, M. Mehri, M. Bhiri, I. Whitmore, E. Martin, L. Hamil-Howes, A. Rapala, M. Webber, F. Chan, C. Topriceanu, P. Lambiase, N. Chaturvedi, P. Kellman, J. Moon, I. Pierce, A. Hughes, G. Calmon and G. Captur, Diagnostic 12-lead ECG recordings in the 3 Tesla CMR bore at rest and during adenosine stress perfusion - results from MyoFit46. British Cardiovascular Society (BSC) - Annual Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2024 [Link, poster].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, A two-step framework for text line segmentation in historical Arabic and Latin document images. International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), IJDAR Track, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2021 [oral presentation].
I. Brini, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Towards an explainable deep model for archival document image segmentation. ICDAR 2021 Doctoral Consortium, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2021 [Link, poster].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Transcription and indexing of archival documents using deep architectures. ICDAR 2019 Doctoral Consortium, Sydney, Australia, 2019 [Link, teaser].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Smart scanner for archival document enrichement. Forum de Convergence ENISo Entreprises (FCEE'9), Sousse, Tunisia, 2019 [poster].
O. Mechi, M. Mehri, R. Ingold and N. Essoukri Ben Amara, Une architecture U-Net adaptée pour l'extraction des lignes de texte dans des documents anciens. Symposium International Francophone sur l'Ecrit et le Document (SIFED), Nancy, France, 2019 [oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, R. Mullot, J. P. Moreux, B. Coüasnon and B. Barrett, ICDAR2017 competition on historical book analysis (HBA2017). International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), Competition Track, Kyoto, Japan, 2017 [oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, Ancient book page stream segmentation based on a structural signature. Journée de l'axe de recherche "Données, Apprentissage et Connaissances" de la Fédération Normande de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (Norm@STIC-DACIII), Rouen, France, 2015 [HAL, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, A structural method based on texture for ancient document image analysis. ICDAR 2015 Doctoral Consortium, Nancy, France, 2015 [HAL, teaser & oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, Historical document image analysis: a structural approach based on texture. Journée thématique "Recherche et extraction d'informations dans les textes et les images" du Groupe de Recherche en Communication Ecrite et de l'Association Francophone de Recherche d'Information et Applications (GRCE), Paris, France, 2015 [HAL, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Gomez-Krämer, P. Héroux, A. Boucher and R. Mullot, Old document image segmentation using the autocorrelation function and multiresolution analysis. Journée thématique "Traitements bas niveau pour l'extraction de caractéristiques statistiques ou structurelles" du Groupe de Recherche en Communication Ecrite (GRCE), Paris, France, 2012 [HAL, oral presentation].
M. Mehri, P. Héroux, P. Gomez-Krämer and R. Mullot, Extraction of metadata related to image and structure of old documents, Visual Recognition and Machine Learning Summer School (VRML), Grenoble, France, 2012 [HAL, poster].
F. Lalys, C. Haegelen, M. Mehri and P. Jannin, Anatomo-clinical atlases in subthalamic deep brain stimulation: correlating clinical data and electrode contacts coordinates. Réunion annuelle de l'ITMO Technologies pour la santé, Tours, France, 2011 [HAL, poster].