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141.A40 Application of ionizing radiation in medicine
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2025S, VO, 2.0h, 3.0EC, to be held in blocked form

Properties

Semester hours: 2.0
Credits: 3.0
Type: VO Lecture
Format: Presence

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

discuss and interprete basic verbs in medical physics, as activity, dose, equivalent dose, ... and explain its use by examples
identify dosimetric questions in medical use and find solutions to be discussed
list typical features and machines to be used in disgnostics, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy
optionally find motivation for ongoing projets (project work, master thesis, thesis, ...)

Subject of course

after positive examination students are able to:

give an overview of the historic introduction
list types and properties of ionizing radiation
name and interprete the interaction of ionising radiation with matter
distinguish and explain in detail differnt types of detectors
be familiar with dosimetry and radiological units
name and interprete concepts and methods of diagnostic radiography, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy
talk about advanced techniques (proton- and ion-therapy).