Biography

Dr. Narjes Benameur received her Ph.D. degree in Biophysics and Medical Imaging in 2017 from the Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunisia. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biophysics and Medical Technologies at the University of Tunis El Manar. Her current research interests include medical imaging, with a particular focus on cardiac motion estimation, segmentation, and statistical modeling. She collaborates with world-renowned experts in the fields of echocardiography and cardiac MRI at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy. In parallel, she has participated in several international projects in cardiovascular physiology, focusing on both signal (ECG, strain analysis, and more recently, 4D modeling) and image (echocardiography, MRI) processing. Since 2015, she has also developed an interest in tumor hypoxia, particularly in the use of hyperthermia for cancer treatment. In addition to her teaching activities, her research has expanded to include digital health topics such as smartphone-based extraction of physiological parameters, patient engagement, persuasive technologies, and big data applications. More recently, her work has incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) in medical applications, including deep learning for diagnostic support, intelligent segmentation and classification of medical images, and the integration of AI into clinical decision-making tools.