We have a 3 year fully funded PhD studentship (Home/EU applicants) at the Royal Veterinary College in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London.
Radiologist's Assistant: Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis of Abnormalities in Radiographs of Dogs
Medical image interpretation by humans is susceptible to a variety of perceptual errors, including failure to detect abnormalities. Recent advancement of computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) in human diagnostic imaging has shown great potential for the use of CAD in veterinary research. The aim of this project is to develop computer algorithms and trained models that will support the radiologist's search for potentially important features in radiographs. We hypothesize that with sufficient training machine will be able to learn the "normal" patterns and detect previously unseen abnormalities, and that CAD of abnormalities in radiographs of dogs will increase radiologist's efficiency and accuracy of diagnosis for common conditions. For the research project, we will focus on three common conditions in dogs, namely fracture, intestinal obstruction and pulmonary lesions. For the pulmonary lesions identified, we will also evaluate the effectiveness of CAD in aiding radiologists for diagnostic decision making. Archived digital radiographs will be used to develop pattern recognition and machine learning algorithms. We anticipate that the output will provide objective and rapid references for abnormality detection and further research. Student will be trained to develop research skills in radiograph images processing and annotation, Python programming, and to apply computer vision and machine learning techniques in radiographs of dogs.
The studentship will commence in October 2019. Application deadline is 10th February with interviews take place between 8th and 22nd March.
We welcome informal enquiries - these should be directed to Dr Ruby Chang [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Application details can be found at RVC Website:
Radiologist's Assistant: Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis of Abnormalities in Radiographs of Dogs<https://www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/phd/studentships/Radiologists_Assistant>
FindAPhD:
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