Medical Imaging Research Assistant Khalifa University Abu Dhabi

Khalifa University is seeking a skilled and motivated candidate as a Research Assistant to work in Medical Imaging lab. The vacancy was recently posted on the university’s career page. Applicants from all nationalities residing in UAE and willing to move to Abu Dhabi can submit their applications.

Role of Medical Imaging Research Assistant

Work on artificial intelligence based material identification and quantification methods and integrate them with spectral photon-counting CT for accurate detection of crystal arthropathies as our disease model.

Duties of Medical Imaging Research Assistant

• Developing or obtaining custom phantoms with inserts made of synthetic crystals at known concentrations typically found in patients with crystal arthropathies.
• Acquisition of phantom data using the new generation small bore (125mm diameter) MARS SPCCT scanner (MARS Microlab 5×120) installed at Khalifa University’s medical imaging lab.
• Feeding of optimized phantom data in to develop Al-based material identification methods at the voxel-by-voxel level adapted to SPCCT. This part will go through various iterations until the technique is tuned for crystal-specific assignments.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Imaging technology.
• Master’s degree is preferable.
• 1-2 years of research experience.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Avanced level of computational and programming skills.
• Strong knowledge of image processing.
• General knowledge of x-ray physics.
• Strong networking skills.
• Ability to collaborate with clinicians, engineers, other local and international researchers, and graduate students.

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