PhD candidate 'Development of an integrated system for breast cancer imaging | focus point ultrasound'

Nijmegen and the Radboudumc

Nijmegen is the oldest Dutch city with a rich history and one of the liveliest city centers in the Netherlands. Radboud University has over 17,000 students. Radboud University Medical Center is a leading academic center for medical science, education, and health care with over 10,000 staff and 3,000 students.

Department of Medical Imaging

The Department of Medical Imaging is one of the most active research departments of the Radboudumc. More than 200 researchers are continuously striving to optimize healthcare. Close cooperation between preclinical researchers, radiologists, and clnicians gives a fantastic opportunity to implement new imaging techniques in clinical practice, and you will be working directly in this field.

Medical Ultrasound Imaging Center: MUSIC

The MUSIC laboratory works on the development, optimization, and clinical evaluation of new ultrasound imaging methods. For that, MUSIC collaborates with major vendors of ultrasound equipment. The focus of MUSIC is on development of high end ultrasound solutions for improved diagnosis of breast cancer, carotid diseases, and liver steatosis. Additionally, AI-driven handheld ultrasound solutions are developed for improving diagnosis in low resource settings, and by general practitioners and doctors in child consultation centers. For this, the group has researchers with various backgrounds, from engineering to medical doctors, providing wide-ranging expertise in image reconstruction and processing, deep learning and other AI methods, and analysis, along with the design and performance of patient trials. The laboratory works closely with radiologists and industry.

Requirements

• You should be a creative and enthusiastic researcher with a MSc degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, Technical medicine, or similar.
• Experience or interest in physics modeling, inverse problems, and/or image processing, and affinity with biomedical research.
• Experience in programming in python, C/C++, Matlab, or similar.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.

• The following should be included in your application: CV, letters of motivation, list of completed courses and grades, and reprints or, preferably, links to your thesis or any scientific publications or reports that you have written.
• The first job interviews will take place on 2 November 2026. Please take this into account.
• All additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from Prof. Chris de Korte.
• This position requires a Certificate of Conduct (VOG).

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