Deadline: 1 Feb. 2014
Job description
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in the western world. In the Netherlands, the incidence and mortality in 2011 were 13,254 and 5,088 respectively. Patients with colorectal cancer frequently present with liver metastases for which (partial) resection is an often applied therapy. The remaining part of the liver after resection—future remnant liver—should allow adequate liver function.
This assessment now includes a volumetric characterisation, which is relatively easy to perform but is less important than the functional status of the future remnant liver, which includes hepatocyte extraction function and liver fat content.
The objective of the PhD programme is to develop new MR image analysis methods to predict the functional status of the future remnant liver based on contrast-enhanced MRI. This will be combined with quantitative, MRI-based methods that allow segmental assessment of liver fat percentage.
The PhD student will closely collaborate with other PhD students involved in radiological and medical image analysis research.
This assessment now includes a volumetric characterisation, which is relatively easy to perform but is less important than the functional status of the future remnant liver, which includes hepatocyte extraction function and liver fat content.
The objective of the PhD programme is to develop new MR image analysis methods to predict the functional status of the future remnant liver based on contrast-enhanced MRI. This will be combined with quantitative, MRI-based methods that allow segmental assessment of liver fat percentage.
The PhD student will closely collaborate with other PhD students involved in radiological and medical image analysis research.
Additional information
M.S.M. Jungschlager
+31 (0)15-2781416
M.S.M.Jungschlager@tudelft.nl
+31 (0)15-2781416
M.S.M.Jungschlager@tudelft.nl
For more information about this position, please contact M.S.M. Jungschlager, phone: +31 (0)15-2781416, e-mail: M.S.M.Jungschlager@tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV, transcript of grades, publication list and references along with a letter of application by 1 February 2014 to M.S.M. Jungschlager, M.S.M.Jungschlager@tudelft.nl.
When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number TNWIST13-024.
When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number TNWIST13-024.
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