Imperial College London – Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Salary range: £30,520 – £38,930 per annum
2 fixed term posts for 3 years
Two new Research Associate positions have been created at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London for a recent EC FP7 funded project, for developing a Smart Catheterisation (S-CAT) environment that advances the capabilities for guidance and visualisation of a catheter within the patient specific vasculature.
S-CAT will be developed by a consortium of top European universities and industrial partners. To achieve this objective S-CAT will integrate advanced sensing technologies with patient-specific, real-time adaptive, multi-scale models of the targeted vessels. Advanced catheter navigation strategies will be used and the system will enhance existing human computer interfaces for catheterisation. The role of these new posts within the S-CAT consortium will be to develop a system for real-time navigation of the smart catheter’s position within the patient-specific model of the vasculature. The S-CAT system will enable model acquisition in vivo to update and adapt pre-operatively acquired biomechanical and geometric information about the anatomy.
The candidates required to work on this project would benefit from specific skills in simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) using a variety of sensing technologies. Proven experience with medical imaging and medical image computing is desirable.
Candidates are expected to have a PhD (or equivalent) in computer vision, medical imaging, robotic localisation (SLAM in particular) or a related discipline. Their research record should be supported by a track record of publications in top conferences and journals. Strong programming skills (C/C++) are essential.
For an informal discussion please contact Professor Guang-Zhong Yang email: g.z.yang@imperial.ac.uk or telephone 020 7594 1700.
Our preferred method of application is online via the Imperial College website at where you will find a job description and person specification for this post. Please select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number EN20090258 into “Keywords”. Complete and upload an application form as directed.
Should you have any queries please contact Raphael Raupp at: r.raupp@imperial.ac.uk
Closing date: 14 December 2009
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