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Monday, 30 July 2012

VACANCY: PhD students for research in medical image analysis for personalised breast screening

Location	Nijmegen
Function types	PhD positions
Scientific fields	Health, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or Biomedical Sciences or similar
Hours	36.0 hours per week
Education	University Graduate
Translations	en

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Job description

Currently, breast screening is almost exclusively performed with mammography, even though it is known that some women are at a much higher risk to develop breast cancer or have dense breasts, in which sensitivity of mammography for detecting cancer is low (<60%). The aim of this project is to develop methods to personalise breast cancer screening. Firstly, reproducible quantitative markers characterizing breast density patterns in mammograms will be investigated and these will be related to the risk of developing breast cancer and the risk of missing a cancer with mammography. Secondly, techniques will be developed to increase feasibility of automated breast ultrasound imaging in women with dense breasts. These will include automated image analysis methods for computer aided decision support and advanced visualisation tools to combine ultrasound and mammography, or to compare screening exams over time. Research will be carried out in a large EU funded consortium in which ten partners cooperate.

Requirements

You should be a creative and enthusiastic researcher with an MSc degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or Biomedical Sciences or similar
Interest in medical imaging and affinity with biomedical research
Excellent communication skills in English, both writing and speech
Expertise in software development, preferably in C++

Conditions of employment

Schale 10A: max € 38090 gross per year at full employment
Closing 15-08-2012

You will be appointed as a PhD student at the Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, department of Radiology, with the standard salary and secondary conditions for PhD students in the Netherlands. Your performance will be evaluated after 1 year. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 3 years. The research should result in a PhD thesis.

Organisation

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC)

Nijmegen www.umcn.nl/ UMC St Radboud
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC) is a leading academic centre for medical science, education and health care. Knowledge forms the heart of our organisation, connecting research, education and patient care. Over 10,000 staff and 3,500 students are committed and ambitious to contribute to the future of health care and medical science.
Driven by knowledge, empowered by people.

Department

Radiology

The project will be carried out in the Diagnostic Image Analysis Group (DIAG) at the department of Radiology. DIAG investigates and develops computer aided diagnosis methods to support clinicians in a broad range of medical imaging applications. Research topics include image analysis, image segmentation, machine learning, and the design of decision support systems. Application areas include breast, prostate, and lung imaging. Key to the success of the group is close cooperation with clinical partners and a disease oriented approach. Currently the group consists of 35 researchers, including 20 PhD students.

Additional information

For further information please contact Prof. Nico Karssemeijer (n.karssemeijer@rad.umcn.nl) or Dr. Bram Platel (b.platel@rad.umcn.nl). Use these email adresses only for information, for application use the apply button.

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Saturday, 7 April 2012

Vacancy: PhD student in a VICI project on ultrasound imaging

Job Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC) - PhD student in a VICI project on ultrasound imaging (2)

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PhD student in a VICI project on ultrasound imaging (2)

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Location	Nijmegen
Function types	PhD positions
Scientific fields	Health
Hours	36.0 hours per week
Education	University Graduate
Translations	en

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Job description

Recently, the prestigious VICI grant from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW) was awarded for the project “Ultrafast 3D Ultrasound Imaging: the next level for cardiovascular diagnosis”. Goal of this project is to develop a completely new ultrasound imaging method that is capable of acquiring ultrasound data in 2D and 3D up to 100 times faster than currently possible. A research ultrasound machine will be developed as well as signal processing techniques for functional imaging of the heart and main arteries. Clinical pilot studies are also part of the project. For this research project, we have a vacant position for an enthusiastic PhD student.

The research ultrasound machine will be based on commercially available programmable 2D ultrasound workstations. For ultrafast 3D imaging, intelligent hardware architecture as well as data storage strategies have to be developed and implemented. This part of the project is performed partly in collaboration with the ErasmusMC, Rotterdam.

Requirements

MSc in Electrical Engineering or a similar university degree

Interested in hardware as well as in software development and in signalprocessing
Interested in biomedical applications and working in a hospital environment
Capable of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Conditions of employment

Maximum all-in yearly salary on full time basis is € 38,090 gross.
Temporary, 1 year with possible extension for 3 years.

Organisation

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC)

Department

Department of Radiology

The Medical UltraSound Imaging Center (MUSIC) is a division of the Department of Radiology of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. MUSIC focuses on the development of functional imaging techniques for cardiovascular and radiological applications.
Nijmegen is the oldest Dutch city with a rich history and enjoying one of the liveliest city centers in the Netherlands. Radboud University has over 17,000 students. Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUNMC) is a leading academic centre for medical science, education and health care with over 10,000 staff and 3,000 students.

Additional information

For more information please contact Chris L. de Korte, PhD, associate Professor ”Medical Ultrasound Technologies” Medical UltraSound Imaging Center (MUSIC 833), c.dekorte@rad.umcn.nl (only for information, for application use the apply button)

For more information about the department www.umcn.nl/clinicalphysicslab

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Introduction of the ‘European Blue Card’

As from 19 June 2011 the Netherlands has a new purpose of stay: the European Blue Card. The European Blue Card is a separate purpose of stay in addition to the existing National Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. The EU Blue Card Council Directive is intended for highly skilled foreign nationals who do not have EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, and who wish to work in one of the member states of the EU. The Directive is also meant to make it easier to settle in another EU member state. A residence permit will always be required in that other member state, however. To obtain this residence permit the employee must comply with the conditions applicable in that member state.

The conditions for residence in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder are stricter than those for residence as a Highly Skilled Migrant. The employee must have a contract for highly qualified employment for at least one year, earning at least EUR 60,000 gross (in 2011). The employee must have completed a course of higher education lasting at least three years. The employee must prove this by having his diploma assessed by Nuffic. For a regulated profession, a competent authority will take decisions about the admission to that profession.

Advantages
One of the advantages of the EU Blue Card is that it is easier for an EU Blue Card holder and his family members to settle in another EU member state at a later date. After eighteen months foreign nationals who have an EU Blue Card are exempted from the provisional residence permit (MVV) requirement, if they want to work in another EU member State. In this second member state the employee must submit an application for a residence permit as a holder of an EU Blue Card. Each member state may implement the directive in slightly different ways. If someone holds a Blue Card in the Netherlands, this does not mean that the requirements are also met in other member states.

Another advantage is that after having stayed lawfully with the EU Blue Card holder in the Netherlands for two years, the family members may apply for a residence permit for ‘continued residence’. For other purposes of stay this is only possible after having stayed lawfully in the Netherlands for three years. The family members must have resided legally and continuously within the territory of an EU member state for at least five years, however. An employee who has stayed legally in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder for two years may apply for the status of ‘long-term resident as a non-EU member country national’. He must have resided legally and continuously within EU territory for five years and must comply with the other conditions for this purpose of stay.

Highly skilled migrants from outside of the EU

A highly skilled migrant is a migrant who comes to the Netherlands to be employed, and has a gross annual income of at least €47,565, or €34,881 if he/she is under thirty. This income requirement does not apply if the employee enters service for certain functions in an educational or research institution. For information on the specific functions to which this clause applies, you can inquire at the IND office for labour and highly skilled migrants. When a foreign national has been granted residence in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, the employer of the highly skilled migrant is not required to be in possession of a work permit for that foreign national.

Professional soccer players, ministers of religion, teachers of religion and prostitutes are not eligible for a residency as highly skilled migrant.

Important!
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