The Department of Biomedical Engineering. There is an endless demand in modern healthcare for technologies to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of health problems. To meet this demand, TU/e has a strong focus on Health in its research and education programs and has a department devoted entirely to this socially vital area: Biomedical Engineering. Biomedical engineers improve human health by cross-disciplinary activities that integrate the engineering sciences with the biomedical sciences and clinical practice.
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Project description: The postdoctoral positions is part of a 4TU project 'PRECISION MEDICINE by integrating Multiscale Functional Imaging and Advanced Machine Learning', a collaboration between TU Delft, TU Twente and TU/e Eindhoven.
The research focus of the position will be on AI-based analysis of ultrasound and photoacoustic images. Novel functional imaging techniques provide valuable data in addition to pure geometrical imaging, which enhances accurate diagnosis/detection of tissue abnormalities and clinical decision support. Ultrasound functional imaging can quantify tissue properties, but often lacks robustness and accuracy. Advancements in functional imaging techniques to assess tissue morphology and vasculature can be achieved at both hardware (acquisition) and software level (signal/image processing). Deep learning techniques will be crucial to improve these acquisition and algorithm frameworks. Machine learning techniques will be used to combine these data with patient information and population data to provide clinicians with a patient-tailored, high precision diagnosis or treatment planning.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering has recently appointed an assistant professor on this project in the
PULS/e lab, with whom the postdoctoral researcher will work closely.