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=Image Guided Therapy Research Assocaite=
 
=Image Guided Therapy Research Assocaite=
**Research Associate
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**Research Associate/Fellow
 
**at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
 
**at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
 
**Image Guided Therapy Program,
 
**Image Guided Therapy Program,
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#Dissemination including software packaging, documentation and teaching
 
#Dissemination including software packaging, documentation and teaching
 
#Report to the PI
 
#Report to the PI
#Publication is not part of the duties.
 
  
 
==Skills and Specifications==
 
==Skills and Specifications==
#Business-level English communication skill
 
 
#Excellent technical, analytical problem-solving skill
 
#Excellent technical, analytical problem-solving skill
 
#Software development skills and experiences including
 
#Software development skills and experiences including
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#Basics of image processing
 
#Basics of image processing
 
#Basics of medical imaging (basic principle of CT/MRI/Ultrasound)
 
#Basics of medical imaging (basic principle of CT/MRI/Ultrasound)
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#Experience in Slicer (www.slicer.org) programming is a plus.
  
 
==Education and Qualifications==
 
==Education and Qualifications==
#Master degree in either Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Electric Engineering
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#Doctoral degree in either Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Electric Engineering
  
 
==Initial assignment==
 
==Initial assignment==
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==Compensation, benefit, employment condition==
 
==Compensation, benefit, employment condition==
**Per the hospital policy
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**Per the hospital post-doctoral policy
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**http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/OPRC/Benefits_And_Policies.aspx
  
 
==Duration==
 
==Duration==
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==Applicants should submit==
 
==Applicants should submit==
*A cover letter describing area of research interest
 
 
*A curriculum vitae with bibliography
 
*A curriculum vitae with bibliography
 
* Copies of more than two recent publications
 
* Copies of more than two recent publications
 
* Contact information for three individuals serving and references
 
* Contact information for three individuals serving and references

Latest revision as of 18:57, 10 August 2010

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Image Guided Therapy Research Assocaite

    • Research Associate/Fellow
    • at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
    • Image Guided Therapy Program,
    • Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  • Reporting to
    • Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology

Objective

An research associate position is available at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. We are seeking highly motivated, self-starter with ability to work with clinicians, other scientists and engineers cooperatively.

Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Develop innovative image-guided therapy systems
  2. Identify problems in the current clinical practice with clinical collaborators
  3. Propose solutions to the clinical collaborators and discuss
  4. Actively participate the laboratory meetings and seminars.
  5. Clinically validate the image-guided therapy systems
  6. Dissemination including software packaging, documentation and teaching
  7. Report to the PI

Skills and Specifications

  1. Excellent technical, analytical problem-solving skill
  2. Software development skills and experiences including
  3. Software development experience in C++ and one additional scripting language (e.g. Python) on UNIX or Windows
  4. Skill to debug a program using debugger tools (GDB or Microsoft Visual Studio)
  5. Experience of software development using toolkit libraries e.g. VTK, ITK, Qt
  6. Linux system administration experience is preferable
  7. Knowledge of socket and pthread
  8. Basics of linear algebra
  9. Basics of image processing
  10. Basics of medical imaging (basic principle of CT/MRI/Ultrasound)
  11. Experience in Slicer (www.slicer.org) programming is a plus.

Education and Qualifications

  1. Doctoral degree in either Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Electric Engineering

Initial assignment

  • Surgical Navigation for MRI-guided therapy
  • Surgical Navigation for cranio-facial surgery
  • Neurosurgery navigation

Compensation, benefit, employment condition

Duration

  1. One year. Subject to renewal based on funding availability, and annual review.
  2. Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.

Applicants should submit

  • A curriculum vitae with bibliography
  • Copies of more than two recent publications
  • Contact information for three individuals serving and references