Postdoc in multimodal imaging of pelvic floor muscles

Job description

During vaginal deliveries, the woman's pelvic floor muscles are often injured, which can lead to pelvic floor dysfunction later in life. However, there is a lack of both knowledge and quantitative imaging techniques for reliable diagnosis and follow-up of treatment of these birth injuries. The aim of this project is to combine structural and biomechanical imaging of the pelvic floor muscles (levator ani muscle) with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging to improve the understanding of injury mechanisms and to develop new diagnostic tools.

The main tasks of the candidate will be to:

• Develop a multimodal image database integrating structural and biomechanical imaging of the pelvic floor muscles for improved assessment of birth injuries.
• Develop deep learning based image processing for pelvic floor muscle assessment.
• Report results in scientific journals.

This project is a collaboration between Professor Matilda Larsson (matil@kth.se) from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems at KTH and Assistant Professor Ruoli Wang (ruoli@kth.se) from the Department of Engineering Mechanics at KTH and clinical collaborators at the Karolinska University Hospital

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future.
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment.
• A multidisciplinary research environment comprising engineers, medical physicists, and medical doctors working at the forefront of technology and medicine with the focus on developing methods for improved diagnostics, monitoring, and treatment in healthcare.
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• The candidate must have a strong background in at least one of the following areas:

  - medical imaging of soft tissues

  - ultrasound elastography

  - elastography based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

  - diffusion MRI

  - artificial intelligence/machine learning methods applied to medical imaging

• Excellent knowledge of English, both verbal and written, is required to present and publish research results.
• Research expertise.

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.
• Good programming skills.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.
• Collaborative abilities.
• Independence.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system to apply for this position. You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete according to the instructions in the ad.

The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximally two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

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