Matt Clarkson
Professor Of Biomedical Engineering at UCL
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatt Clarkson is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UCL with a PhD in medical imaging and 14 years of academic research focused on image-guided and minimally invasive surgery, currently developing a "keyhole" liver surgery system. He combines deep medical-imaging research with prior industry-grade software engineering experience in high-volume finance and logistics, giving him a pragmatic, production-oriented approach to translational research. At CMIC he has led development of the NifTK translational platform and contributed to well-known open-source projects (OpenIGTLink, CTK, MITK, NiftyReg), improving reliability and data logging in image-guided therapy toolchains. His work spans algorithm design, backend systems, and team leadership, bridging clinical needs with robust software implementations. Based in London, he has a track record of delivering tools that shorten research-to-clinic pathways while maintaining rigorous validation in large imaging studies.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at University of NottinghamPhD, Medical Imaging, PhD, Medical Imaging at King's College London
Github Skills (14)
data-structures10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
computer-engineering10
qt10
image-processing10
data-structure10
qt-widgets9
software-design9
algorithms8
medical-imaging8
algorithm8
slicer7
3d7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
commontk/CTK
Nov 2011 - Jul 2014
A set of common support code for medical imaging, surgical navigation, and related purposes.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:125 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Matt's contributions primarily revolve around enhancements and bug fixes within the core backend logic of the `ctk` repository. Their commits demonstrate a focus on the `ctkDependencyGraph` class, specifically addressing memory leaks, adding methods, and improving its functionality. Further work included modifications in the `ctkEASignalPublisher_p.h` by adding public slots for managing Qt signal events and adjustments to the UI of widgets by refactoring the button clicks.
pythonmitk3d-slicerosgic-plus-plus
openigtlink/OpenIGTLink
Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
Free, open-source network communication library for image-guided therapy
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 comment in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt's contributions primarily involve improving the OpenIGTLink library's core functionality and stability. They addressed sleep timing issues in the OS utility and added time-stamping features for enhanced data logging. Furthermore, the user implemented new methods for matrix handling and avoided potential division-by-zero errors, demonstrating a focus on improving the library's reliability. These changes support the library's objective of efficient and reliable communication in image-guided therapy.
communication-librarytherapydeep-learningcommunicationc-plus-plus
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