PhD Student (f/m/d) to work on the Development and Evaluation of Image Reconstruction Methods f[...]

Overview

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today. At the Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research scientists from the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, pharmacy, immunology, medicine and IT develop innovative radiopharmaceuticals and novel tools for the functional characterization, improved imaging and personalized treatment of tumors. The Department of Positron Emission Tomography is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) to work on the Development and Evaluation of Image Reconstruction Methods for Simultaneous Clinical Dual-Tracer PET Imaging. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a cornerstone of today’s cancer diagnosis, treatment planning, and response assessment. In collaboration with Forschungszentrum Jülich, the PET department at the HZDR has launched a joint research project to evaluate the potential of dual-tracer PET imaging. This approach enables the separation of two simultaneously acquired radiotracers and to provide two distinct images from a single PET acquisition. The goal is to translate the developed methods towards clinical application and to evaluate them on a planned total-body PET scanner in Dresden for clinical impact.