Collaborative Postdoc Position - Medical Imaging AI for Surgical Applications

Sunday 21st July 2024

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Organization University of British Columbia
Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
Title Collaborative Postdoc Position - Medical Imaging AI for Surgical Applications
URL https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/ad/58135
Closing date Oct 31, 2024
Description We have an outstanding opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to engage in a closely collaborative research and development project with our academic partner at the Department of Radiology - University of British Columbia. The goal of this project is to develop a software solution that facilitates automatic image-based measurements within an existing intraoperative assessment product.
Job Responsibilities:
- Conduct literature reviews and contribute to academic publications resulting from the project.
- Establish pipelines for generating synthetic fluoroscopic images/labeling from CT images.
- Design, develop, and optimize a convolutional neural network model tailored for automatic bone and implant segmentation, and annotation of key bone landmarks.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration of research outcomes into the final product.
- Participate in design and execution of performance testing and validation activities.
- Lead authorship efforts for organizing and publishing the research outcomes as white-papers, scientific abstracts and journal articles.
Job Qualifications:
- PhD in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Python-based machine learning, image processing and computer vision toolboxes (such as PyTorch, OpenCV, or scikit-image).
- Verifiable previous experience in applying machine learning to medical imaging, preferably with X-ray image modality.
- Track record of industrial product development experience or first author publications.
- Effective communication skills in English.
More information about the position and instructions for application is available at the following link: https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/ad/58135