Laboratory of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Systems (LATIS) — Sousse University | AI in Medical Imaging Research
Open Medical AI Research Platform

From Medical Imaging Research to Reproducible AI Systems.

PTM brings together medical image analysis research, artificial intelligence, DICOM engineering, visualization and deployable software infrastructure. Our flagship research program focuses on mammography and microcalcification detection.

Research-Driven
DICOM Native
AI Engineering
Open Source

Research, Engineering and Medical AI in One Ecosystem.

PTM is a medical artificial intelligence research and engineering platform designed to transform research algorithms into reproducible, deployable and accessible medical imaging systems.

The platform connects scientific research, AI model development, DICOM processing, visualization, inference services and specialized medical imaging applications within a unified ecosystem.

Our first flagship research program focuses on mammography and microcalcification detection, combining classical image processing, deep learning and attention-based AI methods.

Research

Development and evaluation of algorithms for medical image analysis.

Engineering

Transforming research prototypes into reusable software and AI services.

Reproducibility

Building experiments and infrastructure that can be evaluated and extended.

Open Ecosystem

Developing reusable tools and open-source software for the medical imaging community.

Microcalcification Detection in Mammography

PTM's flagship research program investigates computational approaches for detecting and localizing microcalcifications in mammographic images using classical image processing, deep learning and attention-guided AI.

01

Image Processing

Investigation of morphological and enhancement methods including Top-Hat filtering, Laplacian-based enhancement, Hessian analysis and texture representations.

02

Deep Learning

Development and evaluation of convolutional neural networks for microcalcification localization and segmentation.

03

Attention-Guided AI

Research into integrating image-processing priors with neural attention mechanisms to guide models toward relevant regions.

04

Vision Transformers

Exploring transformer architectures and attention mechanisms for medical image understanding.

05

Explainability

Visualizing model decisions and regions of interest to improve interpretability and research understanding.

06

Reproducible Evaluation

Standardized experiments, quantitative metrics and comparisons across classical and deep-learning approaches.

From Mammogram to AI Output

The research pipeline connects medical imaging preprocessing, computational priors and AI models within a reproducible evaluation workflow.

STEP 01

Mammogram

STEP 02

DICOM Processing

STEP 03

Image Enhancement

STEP 04

AI Models

STEP 05

Detection & Segmentation

STEP 06

Quantitative Evaluation

From Research to Real Systems

PTM is designed to bridge the gap between experimental research and reusable medical AI software systems.

01

Research

Algorithms and scientific experiments.

02

Models

Training, validation and benchmarking.

03

Services

Reusable AI inference services.

04

Imaging

DICOM processing and visualization.

05

Applications

Specialized medical AI tools.

Building the Medical AI Stack

PTM combines AI research with the software infrastructure required to process, visualize and deploy medical imaging models.

AI

AI Model Infrastructure

Centralized access to AI models, experimentation and model evaluation for medical imaging research.

DC

DICOM Processing

Native medical imaging workflows including image ingestion, preprocessing, conversion and visualization.

VI

Medical Image Viewers

Specialized visualization tools for reviewing medical images and AI-generated analysis results.

API

AI Inference Services

Connecting trained AI models with interactive medical imaging applications through reusable services.

APP

Research Applications

Specialized applications built around concrete medical imaging research problems.

OSS

Open Source Tooling

Reusable libraries and developer tools supporting medical image processing and reproducible research.

AI in Action

Explore how PTM applications connect medical imaging data with AI models and visualization tools.

Microcalcification Detection Example

From a mammography region of interest to an AI-generated segmentation output.

Mammogram Region of Interest
Mammogram Region of Interest
AI Segmentation Output
AI Detection and Segmentation Output

One Platform. Multiple Research Applications.

PTM brings together specialized medical AI applications, visualization tools and research infrastructure.

Open Source & Engineering Tools

PTM develops reusable software components and developer tools that support medical imaging research and engineering.

Peer-Reviewed Research

The PTM research program is supported by peer-reviewed work in medical imaging and computer vision.

Building Medical AI Through Collaboration.

PTM is open to collaboration with universities, hospitals, medical imaging researchers, AI organizations, infrastructure providers and industry partners.

Medical AI Research
Clinical Validation
Medical Imaging Data
GPU & Compute Infrastructure
Technology Partnerships
Open Source Research
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