CDTNet PhD Fellow

Location: Oslo

Job Description Summary

For this position, we are looking for a talented and ambitious doctoral candidate to join CDTnet, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network dedicated to transforming cardiovascular medicine through Digital Twins. Digital Twins are personalised virtual models that combine biomedical data, artificial intelligence, physiological modelling, and clinical knowledge to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Through CDTnet, 15 doctoral candidates will work at leading universities, hospitals and industry partners across Europe while receiving world-class interdisciplinary training. This fully-funded three-year position will be hosted in Oslo, Norway with secondments in Norway, Spain and the UK.

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Job Description

Project Description

Heart valve disease affects millions of people worldwide and relies heavily on medical imaging for diagnosis, treatment planning and patient follow-up. Echocardiography is the most widely used imaging technique for assessing valve function, but the development of reliable artificial intelligence tools for image analysis is often limited by the availability of large, high-quality, annotated datasets. Creating and annotating such datasets is expensive and time-consuming, creating a significant barrier to innovation.

This project will investigate how generative artificial intelligence can be used to improve the assessment of mitral valve diseases in particular mitral regurgitation. The doctoral candidate will develop novel methods analysing different echocardiography data modalities such as b-mode or colorflow and investigate how generating synthetic echocardiographic images can support automated image analysis tasks, such as valve segmentation and the assessment of mitral valve regurgitation. Attention will be given to understanding how patient-specific information can be incorporated into generative models to improve accuracy, consistency and clinical relevance.

Working at the interface of artificial intelligence, medical imaging and cardiovascular medicine, the candidate will evaluate how generated synthetic data can improve the performance and robustness of machine-learning models when compared with training approaches utilising real world data alone. The project will make use of both proprietary clinical datasets and publicly available resources. Ultimately, the developed methods will be integrated into clinical software and evaluated as part of a prospective study of automated mitral valve assessment.

The project provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the next generation of AI-enabled cardiac imaging technologies within a leading industrial research environment, while benefiting from close collaboration with academic and clinical partners across Europe.

Planned Secondments

●      Oslo University Hospital, Norway (3 months): retrospective analysis of mitral valve regurgitation and validation of automated assessment methods.

●      IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain (2 months): design and implementation of a prospective clinical study for automated mitral valve assessment.

●      King's College London, United Kingdom (2 months): investigation of how mechanistic cardiovascular models can complement machine-learning approaches.

Desirable Project-Specific Qualifications and Skills

We are looking for a highly motivated and solution-oriented applicant with a strong machine learning background. The ideal candidate will have:

Master’s degree (equivalent to a minimum of 120 ECTS credits) preferably in machine learning, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics/electrical engineering. Other degrees can also be considered given that the candidate has formal competence in machine learning and/or image analysis/computer vision. Foreign completed degrees (M.Sc.-level) must correspond to a minimum of four years in the Norwegian educational system

A solid background in modern deep learning, machine learning, mathematics, linear algebra, and/or statistics is also required

Solid knowledge and documented experience with programming in Python and relevant machine learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Fluent oral and written communication skills in English

Experience with medical image analysis and echocardiography is a plus

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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Total Rewards

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Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No