PhD position available at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences
(KIMHS), University of Kent
There is a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded PhD studentship available
in the area of medical image computing applications in dementia research.
The project, a collaboration between KIMHS and the Institute of Mathematics,
Statistics and Actuarial Sciences will focus on the development of a new
object-based approach for co-registration of pathology images with MRI of
the same patient. The work will involve development and evaluation of
software for segmentation, co-registration, and statistical shape analysis
techniques. There will be regular liaison with collaborating imaging and
pathology departments.
The student should hold an honours degree or MSc in computer science,
engineering, physics, statistics, mathematics, or related topics and have
experience of programming. Familiarity with Matlab, C/C++ and/or experiences
with MR techniques would be advantageous. The student must be a national of
the UK or other EU Member State or Associated State.
The starting stipend is £14,300 p.a. Applications, with a detailed CV and
the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to Professor Alan
Colchester, Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent,
Canterbury, CT2 7PD, UK. Email: [log in to unmask], Tel: +44 (0) 1227
827 200.
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