ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Particle Physics, Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
Areas: Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics, Radiology and Physical Medicine
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Aim of the subject:
- Acquire the concepts and fundamentals related to the medical use of ionizing radiation.
- Understanding the magnitudes used to describe radiation fields and their energy absorption in tissue.
- Basic skills to use instrumentation for radiation dose measurement.
- Introduction to the clinical and preclinical image systems.
1.- Physics of radiation.
1.1. Interactions of radiation with matter. Electrons, photons, neutrons, and heavy ions. Mass interaction coefficients.
1.2. Radiometry. Creep and creep in energy. Kerma. Dosage and Cema. Magnitude calculation.
1.3. Cavity theory. Bragg-Gray and Spencer-Attix.
2.- Instrumentation
2.1. General properties of dosimeters.
2.2. Primary standards: calorimetry, Fricke dosimetry.
2.3. Dosimeters at therapy level.
2.4. Measurement systems in levels of radiological protection.
2.5. Radiological imaging systems. Mammography, axial tomography, fluoroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance.
2.6. Imaging systems in nuclear medicine. Gamma camera and SPECT tomography. Positron emission tomography.
3.- Radiation generators in medical applications.
3.1. X-ray generating systems.
3.2. Teletherapy units.
3.3. Particle accelerators for medical use.
3.4. Radiotherapy modalities. Brachytherapy and external radiotherapy. Conforming and intensity modulated radiation therapy, tomotherapy and stereotectic radiation therapy. Hadrontherapy.
4.- Radiological protection.
4.1. Basic concepts of Radiological protection.
4.2. Radiobiology.
4.3. Limiting and operational amounts.
4.4. Legal aspects.
4.5. Radioactive facilities design.
- Pedro Andreo, David T. Burns, Alan E. Nahum, Jan Seuntjens, Frank Herbert Attix “Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry” John Wiley & Sons (2017)
– Wolbarst AB: “Physics of Radiology”. Medical Physics Publishing. 2005.
- E. B. Podgorsak “Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics” IAEA 2005
- E. B. Podgorsak “Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists” Springer 2010
– Dowsett DJ, Kenny PA, Johnston RE: “The Physics of Diagnostic
Imaging”. Chapman & Hall Medical. 1998.
– Bushberg JT, Seibert JA, Leidholdt EM, Boone JM: “The Essential
Physics of Medical Imaging”. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2002.
- F. Khan: "The Physics of radiation therapy". Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins. 2004.
– Wolbarst AB: “Physics of Radiology”. Medical Physics Publishing. 2005.
- K. Bethge et al. “Medical applications of nuclear physics” Springer
2004
- F. H. Attix “Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation
Dosimetry” John Wiley & Sons 1986
- H. E. Johns & J. R. Cunnigham “The Physics of Radiology” Charles
C. Thomas Publisher 1983
- W. H. Hallenbeck “Radiation Protection” Lewis Publishers 1994
- Essential nuclear medicine physics. Powsner, Rachel A. Malden :
Blackwell Publishing , cop. 2006. VIII, 206 p. : il. ; 26 cm
- Physics in nuclear medicine. Cherry, Simon R. Philadelphia, PA :
Saunders, c2003. XIII, 523 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
- Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_Physics_of_Nuclear_Medicine
- Nuclear Medicine Information.
http://www.nucmedinfo.com/Pages/physic.html
LEARNING RESULTS:
In the subject Medical Physics and Dosimetry the student would learn about the application of Physics to the medical field, especially in the diagnostic and therapy disciplines through ionizing radiation. Moreover, the fundamental concepts related to the commissioning and measurement of radiation fields will be treated in detail.
- Learning of fundamental knowledge about dosimetry and dosimetry instrumentation.
- Learning of the basic knowledge on the use of different radiation in the clinical field: technological foundations and practical use.
BASIC COMPETENCES
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - Knowledge about how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - Ability to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - Ability to communicate conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - Learning skills allowing to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
GENERAL
CG01 - Acquire the ability to perform team research work.
CG02 - Be able to analyze and synthesize.
CG03 - Acquire the ability to write texts, articles or scientific reports according to publication standards.
CG04 - Become familiar with the different modalities used to disseminate results and disseminate knowledge in scientific meetings.
CG05 - Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
TRANSVERSAL
CT01 - Ability to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English, scientific language par excellence.
CT02 - Develop the capacity to make responsible decisions in complex and / or responsible situations.
SPECIFIC
CE12 - Provide specialized training in the different fields covered by Fundamental Physics: from environmental physics, fluid physics or acoustics to quantum and radiation phenomena with their technological, medical applications, etc.
CE13 - Master interdisciplinary tools, both theoretical and experimental or computational, to successfully develop any research or professional activity framed in any field of Physics.
The matter will be developed in expository class hours, problem seminars and laboratory practices. In the expository classes the concepts and foundations of the subject will be presented as well as the most relevant results of the same. These concepts will be applied to the resolution of different theoretical-practical examples during the problem seminars. Finally, students will carry out practices related to dosimetry to strengthen their concepts on instrumentation and the calculation of the different physical quantities related to this discipline.
The course can be passed through continuous assessment
work and exercises as well as laboratory work. Attendance at classroom sessions and student participation will be taken into account. The student can take the final exam in writing according to the evaluation calendar of the faculty whose final grade will not be less than that obtained through continuous evaluation. Alternatively, the student who does not pass the evaluation of the first opportunity may appear at the second opportunity by completing complementary work and exercises and / or the final written exam established in the official program.
Expository teaching: 20 h.
100% attendance
Laboratory practical classes: 15 h.
100% attendance
Individual tutoring for students: 1h
Presence: 100%
Personal work of the students and other activities: 39 h.
Presence: 0%
Attending expository and interactive classes, as well as carrying out the exercises proposed regularly is a fundamental strategy to learn and follow the subject. On the other hand, experimental laboratory tasks and data analysis allow the student an adequate understanding of the concepts and their application.
Faustino Gomez Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics
- Phone
- 881813546
- faustino.gomez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Pablo Aguiar Fernández
- Department
- Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
- Area
- Radiology and Physical Medicine
- pablo.aguiar [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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