Germany: PhD Scholarships, Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography in the Deep Brain, the University of Luebeck

PhD Scholarships, Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography in the Deep Brain, the University of Luebeck, the Graduate School of Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences, Germany

The Graduate School of Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences (funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG, and the German Government within the German university excellence program) at the University of Luebeck is now offering a PhD scholarship for the project
“Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography in the Deep Brain” in the research field of methods for brain mapping and imaging.

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a new high-resolution, real-time imaging modality. Institutes of Lübeck University have been instrumental in developing this emerging technology, which is now beginning to gain recognition in laboratories world-wide. We have shown that OCT is able to capture the difference between white and grey brain matter.

The goal of the project is to investigate Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) as a minimal-invasive imaging modality for deep brain navigation and diagnosis in neurological disorders. ?The goals of the project are:

Development of endoscopic OCT, thus OCT that can be placed inside a thin endoscopic needle.
Development of signal processing methods for tissue identification and classification.
Integration of OCT in a stereotactic environment.
Integration of OCT into neuronavigation systems.
PhD scholarship amounts to 1250 € per month. Students with a master’s degree (or its equivalent) in computer science, mathematics or engineering are invited to apply for admission. The application deadline is January 15, 2009. In certain cases, students must submit, as part of their application, the results of one of the acknowledged language tests to prove their English proficiency.

For further information, please visit our website at www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions via email: management[ at ]gradschool.uni-luebeck.de before sending your application.

Closing date: January 15, 2009