Position as a doctoral candidate (PhD student) at Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine within Centre of Diagnostic Investigations, Rigshospitalet

This is a 3-year full-time position as a doctoral candidate with enrollment at the PhD program at Faculty of Health, Copenhagen University. The focus will be to implement and test abnormality detection in PET and MRI images by synthesizing PET uptake from non-PET images using deep learning neural networks and data acquired on hybrid scanners such as

PET/MRI and PET/CT. This includes various PET tracers, novel MR sequences with implementation and validation in clinical studies with focus on brain imaging.

Tasks include:

• You will work at Rigshospitalet, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine
• You will join the DEPICT AI and image analysis section, http://depict.dk and work with our group of computer scientists, physicists and medical doctors.
• You will work with support from pre-development sections from the scanner vendor.  
• You will work with advanced AI models to address PET synthetic images in a multi model setup (PET, MR and CT).

Qualifications:

• A master’s degree in computer science, physics, biomedical engineering or equivalent
• Ability to work independently
• Very good English including writing
• Good programming skills. We program Python
• Experience with AI development with focus on deep learning and images
• Strong collaboration skills
• Knowledge of medical image data will be an advantage
• Willingness to travel and flexibility                  

What we offer

We provide an opportunity to be part of an ambitious research group within a clinical department with focus on state-of-the-art PET/MR/CT scanners. The PhD project is fully funded and is supported by industry. You will have a strong supervisor group with both technical, medical, and industrial background.

The position will be in our new facilities at our AI section, DEPICT, at Rigshospitalet and referring to Professor Flemming Littrup Andersen at Department of Nuclear Medicine.

Application Process

The application deadline is November 16th, 2026, and applications should be submitted online via the job advert link. Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV and a motivated application, detailing relevant coursework, previous research experience, education and practical skills.

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, or ethnicity.

Terms of Employment

The position is full-time for a period of three years and is available from 1 December 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. Employment will be in accordance with the collective agreement within the Capital Region of Denmark. Salary will be negotiated according to the collective agreement for academic personal, see here.

Further information:

Rigshospitalet: https://www.rigshospitalet.dk/english

DEPICT: https://depict.dk

Project contact: Flemming Littrup Andersen, Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical physiology and Nuclear Medicine.  For further inquiries, please contact Flemming Littrup Andersen (flemming.andersen@regionh.dk) or Claes N. Ladefoged (claes.noehr.ladefoged@regionh.dk)

About Diagnostic center Rigshospitalet

The Centre of Diagnostic Investigation comprises a collection of highly specialized departments: Diagnostic radiology, clinical biochemistry, pathology, clinical immunology, clinical physiology/nuclear medicine, clinical microbiology, clinical genetics & center of genomic medicine. 

The center has a staff of app. 1.550 and an annual turnover of 1.2 billion kroner. The center produces annually 10 mill. laboratory analyses and performs 650.000 image diagnostics based on 1 mill. contacts with patients and donors.

The core tasks are high-level research, strong educational environments, customized diagnostics and patient treatment. 36 professors and other researchers publish annually more than 700 scientific articles in international journals.