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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.