Position Summary
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow for a full-time, three-year appointment. The fellow will contribute to an NIH-funded project developing a non-invasive, MR-compatible hyperthermia system for brain tumor treatment.
The fellow's primary focus will be the development of high-resolution virtual anatomical models of the human head for patient-specific electromagnetic and thermal simulations. This work will include detailed tissue segmentation from medical images, integration of automatic and semi-automatic segmentation algorithms, refinement of anatomical geometries, and optimization of surface and volumetric meshes. The fellow will also develop and evaluate multiphysics computational models coupling microwave electromagnetic energy deposition with bioheat transfer to predict specific absorption rate and temperature distributions in the brain and surrounding tissues. The fellow will also have opportunities to shadow clinical hyperthermia treatments across deep, superficial, and interstitial modalities, providing direct exposure to quality assurance, treatment planning, treatment delivery, thermometry, and clinical workflow.
Primary Responsibilities
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow for a full-time, three-year appointment. The fellow will contribute to an NIH-funded project developing a non-invasive, MR-compatible hyperthermia system for brain tumor treatment.
The fellow's primary focus will be the development of high-resolution virtual anatomical models of the human head for patient-specific electromagnetic and thermal simulations. This work will include detailed tissue segmentation from medical images, integration of automatic and semi-automatic segmentation algorithms, refinement of anatomical geometries, and optimization of surface and volumetric meshes. The fellow will also develop and evaluate multiphysics computational models coupling microwave electromagnetic energy deposition with bioheat transfer to predict specific absorption rate and temperature distributions in the brain and surrounding tissues. The fellow will also have opportunities to shadow clinical hyperthermia treatments across deep, superficial, and interstitial modalities, providing direct exposure to quality assurance, treatment planning, treatment delivery, thermometry, and clinical workflow.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop anatomically detailed, high-resolution virtual models of the human head from CT and MRI datasets.