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The Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Circulation and Medical Imaging

A 100 % position as PhD Candidate (code 1017) is open at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging (ISB), Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The Research Fellow will be part of the MR Cancer Group, which is a multidisciplinary research group working within the field of personalized cancer medicine. For more information about the Department and the research group, see the following pages: http://www.ntnu.edu/isb and http://www.ntnu.edu/isb/mr-cancer. The project will be carried out in close collaboration with the Dept. of Cybernetics (NTNU) and the SME Idletechs AS.

The period of employment for the position as a PhD Candidate is 4 years. This position includes 33% compulsory work, which must be agreed upon with the Head of Department. The position has the objective of qualifying for higher academic positions. Admission to a doctoral degree program is a requirement for employment as a PhD candidate. For regulations concerning the PhD-degree at NTNU, please see: http://www.ntnu.no/studieavd/dok/PhD_regulations.pdf

Project description

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Europe and constitutes a substantial health care problem. In Norway, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the first diagnostic tool meeting patients with suspected prostate cancer based on elevated prostate specific antigen. However, a large fraction of the patients still cannot safely be classified as having low-risk or high-risk prostate cancer, which has implications for the further disease management. This project will target this challenge by developing improved MRI post-processing algorithms and image analyses, which in the end will be used to combine structural and functional image information with molecular data aiming for improved clinical decision support. The PhD-work will be carried out in a transdisciplinary research environment, combining state-of-the-art MRI technology, medical image database managing, image processing as well as software development for multivariate data modelling tools.  

We seek a talented, enthusiastic and creative scientist with a strong commitment to research that fits the following requirements: 

• A master's degree or an equivalent education within medical imaging, signal processing or similar. 
• A strong academic record with a weighted average grade of master's or equivalent education with a grade of B or higher, in accordance with NTNU's grading system.
• Documented experience from image analysis and MATLAB programming
• Proficiency in oral and written English.

Preference can be given to those who can demonstrate to have:

• Theoretical or hands-on experience with MRI

Emphasis will also be placed on:

• The candidate's motivation for the position
• Documented ability to work independently and as a team member
• That the applicant is highly competent, flexible and an ambitious person
• The ability to communicate and give oral and written presentations in English

Chosen applicants will be invited to undergo an inter

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Trondheim 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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