CVLab SHUT
Computer Vision Lab — Shahrood University of Technology
Dr. Mansoor Fateh
Associate Professor — Department of Computer Science
Email: mansoor_fateh@shahroodut.ac.ir — Founder and primary sponsor of CVLab SHUT
Professor biography
Mansoor Fateh received the M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, and the PhD from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. He is a faculty member in the Faculty of Computer Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Iran. His research interests include machine learning and image processing.
Lab goals and activities
CVLab SHUT supports undergraduate, MSc and PhD training in computer vision for medical imaging by offering mentorship, collaborative datasets, and interdisciplinary partnerships with hospitals and industry so our reproducible research can make a real-world difference.
Research
Selected articles in the lab's focus areas
Medical Image Analysis
Segmentation, registration, and domain adaptation for clinical images.
Deep Learning for Health
Robust models, uncertainty quantification, and interpretability.
Datasets & Benchmarks
Curating reproducible datasets and benchmarks for fair evaluation.
Datasets
Curated datasets released by the lab
Banner image for Brain MRI Tumor Dataset

‌BRISC 2025

BRISC is a high-quality, expert-annotated MRI dataset curated for brain tumor segmentation and classification. It addresses common limitations in existing datasets (e.g., BraTS, Figshare), including class imbalance, narrow tumor focus, and annotation inconsistencies.

Banner image for Chest X-Ray Dataset

MFSD 2024

MFSD is a dataset with pixel-level annotations of face-mask regions. It’s useful for training precise mask-segmentation models and reducing occlusion problems in face tasks like recognition, alignment, and attribute analysis.

Banner image for Retinal Fundus Dataset

OIN 2024

OIN dataset contains 1,920 Iranian newspaper images for training and evaluating Persian OCR systems. It emphasizes challenging layouts, varied fonts, and print artifacts, making it especially useful for document layout analysis (DLA) and text-line detection (TLD).

Publications
Selected peer-reviewed articles
2024 — Enhancing optical character recognition: Efficient techniques for document layout analysis and text line detection
Engineering Reports 6 (9), e12832
2024 — FusionLungNet: Multi-scale fusion convolution with refinement network for lung CT image segmentation
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 107, 107858
People
Lab members are grouped: Coordinator, Members (students & researchers), and Alumni.
Lab Coordinator

Person responsible for daily coordination, onboarding, and operational supervision.

Coordinator photo
Lab Coordinator — manages operations and supervision
Biography
Amirreza Fateh serves as the Lab Coordinator of CVLab_SHUT, specializing in Few-Shot Segmentation and Transfer Learning. With a strong background in image processing, he earned the 2nd rank in his bachelor's and the 1st rank in his master's program. Amirreza is a senior researcher dedicated to advancing the frontiers of AI, particularly in innovative applications for image processing.
Coordinator activities
Coordinates onboarding, schedules meetings, manages project logistics, assists with data access, and facilitates communication between students and collaborators.
PhD Students & Research Assistants

Active lab members including PhD students and research assistants.

Yeganeh Jalali
PhD Student
Yeganeh Jalali is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Engineering (AI) at Shahrood University of Technology. Her research focuses on diabetic retinopathy severity grading from fundus images. She has several publications and holds BSc and MSc degrees with highest distinction.
Reza Ghadiri
Reza Ghadiri
PhD Student
Reza Ghadiri holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and works as a Data Scientist. He applies machine learning and complex networks to financial data analysis and has experience in e-commerce strategy. His interests include graph learning and LLMs.
Mahshid Dehghanpour
PhD Student
Mahshid Dehghanpour is a Ph.D. candidate in Artificial Intelligence and a lecturer at Shahrood University of Technology. She holds two Master's degrees: one in Computer Engineering and another in English Language Teaching. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on deep learning–based MRI analysis for the accurate diagnosis and differentiation of Multiple Sclerosis, with attention to its cognitive and linguistic impacts.
Mostafa Gholami
PhD Student
Mostafa Gholami is a Ph.D. candidate in Artificial Intelligence at Shahrood University of Technology. He ranked 29th nationally in the AI Ph.D. exam and holds BSc and MSc degrees from K. N. Toosi University. His research focuses on multimodal medical image segmentation and deep learning.
Zahraa Zamaani
Zahraa Zamaani
PhD Student
Zahraa Zamaani holds a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from Mazandaran University and a master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Eshraq Institute, Bojnord. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at Shahrood University of Technology.
Hassan Rezayi
Hassan Rezayi
PhD Student
Hassan Rezayi is a PhD student in Computer Science specializing in Artificial Intelligence, currently conducting research in image processing. Her academic focus involves developing advanced algorithms for visual data analysis and computer vision applications.
Alireza Saber
Research Assistant
Alireza Saber is a researcher with a strong passion for higher education and a deep interest in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision, medical image analysis, and multimodal tasks. His ongoing research focuses on developing lightweight and interpretable models for visual data, and he has authored three research articles in this field to date.
Yasin Rezvani
Research Assistant
Yasin Rezvani is a computer engineering undergraduate at Shahrood University of Technology. Passionate about AI and computer vision, he focuses on deep learning for medical image analysis and denoising. His interests center on advancing machine learning in healthcare through research, projects, and volunteering.
Master's Students

Active master's students currently working in the lab.

Rahil Chamanifar
Rahil Chamanifar
MSc Student
Rahil Chamanifar is a master's student in Computer Engineering – Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Her work focuses on designing deep learning models for visual data analysis, including image recognition and reconstruction, and exploring interdisciplinary applications of machine learning.
Maryam Zarghani
Maryam Zarghani
MSc Student
Maryam Zarghani is a master's student in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at Shahrood University of Technology. Her research field is image processing, focusing on semantic segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images using deep neural networks.
Zahra Hosseini
Zahra Hosseini
MSc Student
Zahra Hosseini is a postgraduate student specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. She is currently working on her thesis, which focuses on image segmentation using transformer models.
Elham Davarpanah
Elham Davarpanah
MSc Student
Elham Davarpanah is an M.Sc. student in Artificial Intelligence at Shahrood University of Technology. She works in the field of medical image processing and is interested in machine learning, deep learning, image and text processing, and data engineering.
Alumni

Former lab members who have successfully completed their studies.

Mahdieh Sharifi
Mahdieh Sharifi
MSc Student
Mahdieh Sharifi completed her Master's in Image Processing at Shahrood University of Technology under Dr. Mansour Fateh, defending her thesis with excellent distinction and publishing two ISI papers. She now pursues a Ph.D. at Shahrood University of Technology, focusing on security and networking.
Sadjad Rezvani
MSc Student
Sadjad Rezvani earned his master’s degree from Shahrood University of Technology with a thesis on masked face recognition using deep learning. As a Computer Vision Engineer at Semnan Technology Park, he worked on face and license plate recognition systems and a salt crack sorting machine.
Nasim Danay-e Tous
Nasim Danay-e Tous
MSc Student
Nasim Danay-e Tous is an M.Sc. graduate in Artificial Intelligence whose research focused on medical image processing, particularly image classification and segmentation using deep learning techniques. She is interested in deep learning models, machine learning, and computer vision.
Mehri Sadat Mousavi
Mehri Sadat Mousavi
MSc Student
Mehri Sadat Mousavi is an M.Sc. graduate from Shahrood University of Technology, specializing in deep learning and machine learning within the field of image processing.
Teaching
Courses taught by the lab founder and coordinator.
Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing

Core concepts of image formation, filtering, enhancement, and feature extraction. Includes lectures and practical exercises.
Introduction to Machine Learning for Computer Vision
An introductory course on machine learning methods for visual data, covering classification, feature learning, and model evaluation.
Advanced Topics in Medical Imaging with Deep Learning
A specialized course on deep learning techniques for medical imaging, including segmentation, diagnosis, and multimodal analysis.
Contact
Mailing address and links

Address: Lab of Computer Vision, Faculty of Computer Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Haft Tir Square, Shahrood, Semnan Province, Iran

Email: amirreza.fateh@shahroodut.ac.ir

Links: GitHub | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | Shahrood University of Technology