Positions
University of Sydney
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences
University of Sydney
A position is available at the Brain and Mind Research Institute of the University of Sydney for a Postdoctoral Fellow with experience in MRI. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team, which includes members from the Faculties of Science, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Partner Investigators from the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, on the ARC funded Discovery Project 'Novel Motion Correction Technologies for Simultaneous Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging'. The aims of this project are to develop novel motion tracking technologies and computer algorithms to correct PET images for patient motion, using motion information derived from simultaneously acquired MR data.
The successful applicant will possess a PhD or equivalent qualification in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computing Science or a related discipline; a demonstrated capacity to conduct independent experimental research; familiarity with the principles of medical imaging, and experience with magnetic resonance imaging; excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with others. Previous research experience in the design and implementation of new pulse sequences for magnetic resonance imaging would be highly regarded. Applicants must also be willing to visit the Partner Institution, which has one of the world’s three prototype Siemens MR-PET scanners, for two 1-month periods during the project.
The position is full-time fixed term for one year. For further information please contact Associate Professor Roger Fulton on (02) 9351 0954 or e-mail: r.fulton@physics.usyd.edu.au
Role of Researcher
The role of the Postdoctoral Researcher will focus on the development, implementation and testing of methods for 3D rigid motion estimation from MR data. This will involve (a) experimentation with existing and novel navigator methods, (b) performing simulations, (c) validating navigator motion estimates, (d) synchronizing motion estimates with scanner data, and (e) experimenting with and validating techniques for non-rigid motion estimation, especially rapid imaging techniques combined with free-form registration techniques. The researcher may also investigate the potential of optical motion tracking methods.
The researcher will spend two 1-month periods at the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany. The purpose of the first visit is to become acquainted with the MR-PET system, navigator development, and the FZJ MRI simulator JEMRIS (http://www.jemris.org). This visit is planned for early 2010 and is essential to enable the RA to gain the essential knowledge needed to carry out navigator development in the remainder of the project.
A second period will be spent at the FZJ later in the project to trial newly developed techniques with MRI staff at the FZJ.
NIF Founding Nodes
Large Animal Research
& Imaging Facility
