We congratulate Matthias Schwab, who successfully defended his dissertation on 21 January 2026. His doctoral thesis is entitled “Deep Learning for Automated Segmentation and Quantification of Myocardial Pathology in Cardiac MRI“
Matthias conducted his research in the University Hospital for Radiology, with Assoz.-Prof. Agnes Mayr as his supervisor and Univ.-Prof. Markus Haltmeier as his co-supervisor. The project was funded by the Medical University as part of the PhD programme “IGDT – integrating multimodal strategies for clinical research” (FWF DOC 110 doc.funds; grant DOI 10.55776/DOC110).
The IGDT Faculty is delighted to congratulate Matthias on completing his PhD studies!
GRADUATES
The newly designed, internationally oriented DocFunds programme “image guided diagnosis and therapy (IGDT) – integrating multimodal strategies for clinical research” qualifies young scientists with both medical and basic science background in the highly interdisciplinary and rapidly evolving field of digital medical imaging and image guided therapies. The multi- and interdisciplinary research programme integrates innovative aspects in applied mathematics, biomedical physics, computer science, clinical imaging and therapy. The programme combines training in basic science, translational and clinical science. The already existing PhD programme (Image-guided Diagnosis and Therapy (i-med.ac.at) provides a solid basis for the new programme.
The planned PhD projects are designed to improve image guided diagnosis and therapies and, therefore, patient care. The curriculum offers lectures and courses in basic and medical sciences in order to improve the mutual understanding of medical and basic scientists. Each PhD student is, therefore, supervised by a medical and a basic scientist. Scientists with a background in medical and basic sciences are in high demand, because innovative imaging and interventional procedures are increasingly important. This programme supports the education of next-generation scientists with excellent career opportunities in science, patient care and industry.
It is a joint initiative of the Medical University Innsbruck (MUI), the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck (LFUI) and until summer 2024 the „Private Universität für Medizinische Informatik und Technik“ (UMIT).
Coordinator: Elke R. Gizewski (University Hospital of Radiology – Wissenschaft – Forschung (tirol-kliniken.at)) Deputy Coordinator: Clemens Decristoforo (Clemens Decristoforo (i-med.ac.at))
Partners:
until summer 2024 UMIT was one of our partners
