Fwd: Position as PhD Research Fellow within the field of PET/MR

Dear all, A position for masters in physics/biophysics/biomedical engineering is now open as PhD Research Fellow at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging (ISB), Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. For more information about the Department and the research group, see the following pages: http://www.ntnu.edu/isb & http://www.ntnu.edu/isb/fmri. The PhD Research Fellow will also collaborate closely with several clinical departments at St. Olavs Hospital (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Department of Medical Imaging). The period of employment for the position is three years. The person holding the post will be working joining the project “Simultaneous PET/MR in lymph node staging of lung cancer”. The main aim of this project is to investigate whether integrated PET/MR will improve the accuracy when assessing the extent of disease in lung cancer patients compared to today’s method of choice, PET/CT. Specific aims centre on technical challenges regarding the acquisition and analysis of simultaneous PET/MR examinations for lung cancer and include: an improved MR-based attenuation correction of the PET images, and an MR-based correction technique for respiratory motion in the mediastinum. *More information about the position and application details here:* *http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/110574* *The application deadline is on 16 March 2015.* For further information about the position, please contact: Researcher Live Eikenes, email: live.eikenes(a)ntnu.no, phone: +47 73551534.