A post-doctoral fellow is sought to work on the development of a new medical imaging method, Electrical Impedance Tomography, and its application to imaging brain function in an interdisciplinary bioengineering/neurophysiology research group in Medical Physics at UCL.
EIT is a new portable inexpensive imaging method which has the potential to provide novel tomographic images of brain function. It has the potential to provide high resolution images of fast electrical activity in the brain and so permit testing of theories of how the brain processes information in computational neuroscience or provide early diagnosis in acute stroke and so enable administration of clot-dissolving agents in an ambulance, so saving valuable time. The work is to develop and test the current method in imaging such activity in human neurosurgical patients in whom electrode mats have been placed on the brain, stroke patients or animal models.
Projects are available in image reconstruction, biophysical modelling, electronic instrumentation, signal processing and physiological or clinical experiments. It would therefore suit students with backgrounds in physics, engineering, maths, life sciences or medicine. The researcher will work in a multidisciplinary team. Full support and training will be given for the other areas needed to complete the work.
The work will take place in the Department of Medical Physics at UCL, which is in an attractive part of central London, close to the museum, theatre and shopping districts. It will be for 3 years, on the post-doctoral Grade 7 scale. Applicants should have a strong academic record; for the funding available, only UK, EU, Israel or Commonwealth applicants are eligible. The closing date is 31/3/2011 although other opportunities may be available later than this. The anticipated start date is Autumn 2011 although this is flexible.
Interested applicants should send a c.v. and covering letter to Prof. David Holder, Medical Physics, UCL (d.holder@ucl.ac.uk; http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medphys/research/eit).
Application Deadline:
31 March 2011
Contact:
Prof. D. Holder, Medical Physics, UCL,
d.holder@ucl.ac.uk
