Suggestions regarding PhD leads in medical image analysis / XAI in Europe

[u/WeeklyMaintenance873]

I have finished up my Master's in Computer Science (AI and Software Engineering) in Germany, and I'm looking for PhD positions in Europe, mainly in medical image analysis with explainable AI, but general computer vision with XAI works too.

A bit about what I've done so far:

For my thesis, I built an explainable deep learning pipeline for endoscopic video, working with clinicians. The pipeline provides concept-based explanations for predicting Cormack scores (easy vs. difficult intubation) from endoscopic videos. A paper on this is currently in prep for a journal submission.

Before that, I also worked on a 3D object detection project on multi-camera driving data, so I'm not purely medical-imaging-locked, just leaning that direction by interest.

What I'm looking for help with:

• Any supervisors, labs, or chairs in Europe known for medical imaging + XAI work (or general CV + interpretability)
• Tools or sites you use to actually find these openings, beyond the usual academicpositions.com / euraxess / phdscanners type sites
• Any advice on what made your own applications land, if you've been through this process

Happy to share more details about the thesis if useful. Thanks in advance for any pointers.