Stage M2
A 6-‐month Master internship is offered at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris, France; http://www.upmc.fr/). The trainee will work at the Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomédicale (https://www.lib.upmc.fr/). He will join the group DBMS (Determinant of Bone Mechanical Status) which is one of the world’s leading groups for the characterization of the mechanical properties of bones with dynamical methods. DBMS has a strong expertise in using ultrasound waves and vibrational methods to characterize bone. The group has recently focused on a new research topic: ultrasound imaging of bone.
Current medical ultrasound scanners produce images of soft tissues but fail to image bone. We aim to develop ultrasound imaging of bone. If successful it will broaden the range of clinical uses of ultrasonography. The situation is highly similar to marine seismic exploration; indeed the investigated medium contains fluid-‐like layers (skin, muscle, marrow) and anisotropic solid layers (bone).
The trainee will work on the attenuation/exploitation of multiple reflections and mode conversions. These phenomena are not considered by conventional algorithms of image reconstruction and create clutter in the image. The trainee will develop and implement imaging techniques on a fully programmable ultrasound scanner and conduct experiments to test and validate them.
Qualifications
Master students in seismology or acoustics will be considered. Basic programming skills (Matlab, C++) and writing skills (reports, research articles) are required. Excellent level of English is required.
Financial conditions
follow UPMC guidelines.
Information and applications
Candidates are invited to contact Guillaume RENAUD for additional information and to submit their application (including letter of motivation, CV, manuscript of first year of Master thesis, and name and contact information of two referees). Applications will be considered until the end of January 2018 but prospective candidates should contact Guillaume RENAUD as soon as possible.