Unit ELEMENTS OF MEDICAL PHYSICS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- A002544
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Fisica medica
- Teacher
- Leonello Servoli
- Teachers
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- Leonello Servoli
- Hours
- 42 ore - Leonello Servoli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- FIS/07
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- 1) What is Medical Physics. Diagnostic, Therapy, Dosimetry.
2) Ionizing radiations: definitions and their use in medicine.
3) Ionizing Radiation - Matter interactions: light charged particles, heavy charged particles, photons, neutrons
4) Basic concepts of Radioactivity:
Radiactive decays, Decay chains, secular equilibrium and Bateman equation.
beta decay, Alfa decay, Gamma decay, Proton and neutron emission.
5) Ionizing radiation production: X-Ray tube.
Linear accelerators, Cyclotrons, Synchrotrons.
6) Ionizing Radiation effects on matter: on non living matter; on biological matter.
Elements of Radiobiology. - Reference texts
- 1) Radiobiology for the Radiologist , E.J. Hall, Amato J. Giaccia - Wolters Kluiwer
2) Radiation Physics for Medical Physiscists, E.B. Podgorsak, Springer - Educational objectives
- A) Introduction to medical Physics and its goals.
B) Knowledge ofways to obtain or produce ionizing radiation.
C) Comprehension of how ionizing radiations interact with matter, expecially biological tissues. - Prerequisites
- Basic of electromagnetism, Basic of Modern Physics.
- Teaching methods
- Lecture both in presence than in remote connection using networking solutions.
Occasional seminars linked to course contents, if available. - Learning verification modality
- Oral examination (average duration > 40' ) concerning all the contents teached during the course.
- Extended program
- 1) Introduction (4 hours)
what is Medical Physics, some history; actual Medical Physics: Diagnostic, Therapy, Dosimetry.
Ionizing radiations: definitions and their use in medicine.
2) Ionizing Radiation - Matter interactions (12 hours)
light charged particles, heavy charged particles, photons, neutrons
3) Radioactivity (6 hours)
Radiactive decays, Decay chains, secular equilibrium and Bateman equation.
beta decay, its spectrum and half-life.
Alfa decay, its spectrum and half-life.
Gamma decay.
Proton end neutron emission.
4) Ionizing radiation production (10 hours)
X-Ray tube.
Linear accelerators.
Cyclotrons;
Synchrotrons.
5) Ionizing Radiation effects on matter (10 hours)
Effects on non living matter.
Effects on biological matter.
Elements of Radiobiology.