The Department of Radiology at IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, in Rome, 
Italy, has one open position for Early Stage Researcher (ESR) and one 
open position for Experienced Researcher (ER) in the EU Initial 
Training Network (ITN) Software for the Use of Multi-Modality Images 
in External Radiotherapy (SUMMER).

SUMMER unifies experts from radiotherapy, radiology, human computer 
interaction, image registration, segmentation and medical 
visualization from five European countries with the goal to train a 
multi-disciplinary team of ten young experts for the development of 
future radiotherapy applications. Summer schools, workshops and 
research stays at the other participating institutions will ensure a 
high level of knowledge transfer and collaborative research.

Fondazione Santa Lucia is a Scientific Institute for Research, 
Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) in Rome, Italy, which carries 
out intensive research work in the fields of neuro-motor 
rehabilitation and, more generally, of neuroscience. The Department of 
Radiology studies structural and functional brain maturation in humans 
throughout life, in health and diseases with the aim of overcoming the 
segmented approach which is typical of conventional specialization 
training and scientific programs in order to transfer scientific 
research to the clinical activity. The Department of Radiology at FSL 
develops and implements MRI brain scan protocols and processing 
pipelines. Scans are being acquired for this purpose on the 1.5T and 
3T scanners. Processing pipelines exist for volume quantification, 
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, brain iron-imaging, resting-state fMRI, BOLD 
fMRI, phase imaging.

Fondazione Santa Lucia is responsible for the fMRI part of the project 
with strong focus on the development of automatic algorithms to 
contour target volume using fMRI imaging. by the systematic 
assessment, exploration and visualization of images that will be used 
as basis for highly reliable visualizations and delineations of the 
radiation target volumes.

We are looking for two highly motivated young scientists preferably 
from European Countries interested in medical visualization and in the 
development of fMRI techniques development, implementation and 
analysis. Starting Dates for the position ESR is 1. January 2012 or 
later, position ER 2 starts 1. June 2013 or later. Duration ESR 
position is 36 month, and for ER position 18 month.
ESR Applicants should have a MSc in physics, biology, biomedical 
engineering, psychology, or equivalent, and should fulfil the 
requirements to register to a PhD.
They will be trained in pulse sequence programming and optimization 
for fMRI acquisition.

ER Applicants should have a PhD in physics, biomedical engineering or 
medical image computing (or equivalent research experience), plus 
knowledge of MRI physics and experience in high-level programming; a 
background in pulse sequence programming is desirable.

Applicants should have
§ Good programming skills in C++ and GPU programming
§  Basic knowledge in medical visualization and human computer 
interaction
§ Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing (English is 
working language of the ITN);
§ Tenacity in problem solving and willingness to learn

The applicants must not have a history of employment in Italy for the 
past three years.

We aim at increasing the percentage of female researchers at 
Fondazione Santa Lucia and especially encourage qualified women to 
apply.

Your application should include:
• Curriculum vitae
• Publication list, including talks, master thesis, projects that are 
online available, etc.
• A short personal statement, why you in fact apply for this position
• Names of references

If you are interested in the position, please contact or directly 
apply via email to Umberto Sabatini ([log in to unmask]). 
Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
  
See http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/mariecurieactions/itn_en.html for more 
information on Initial Training Networks.