Medical Physics-Dosimetry

2022 Course Programme

Instructors

Stylianos Stoulos

Dosimetry – Biological effects of radiation

  • Interaction of nuclear radiation with matter, direct and indirect interaction, RBE, LET and quality factor of the radiation
  • Transferred-absorbed energy dose definitions, dose measurement and units
  • Interaction of radiation in water (hydrolysis)
  • Buildings biological disasters (sub cellular level – cell – tissues – organs) directly and ulterior results. Modifying factors (physical and biological)
  • Newest fields in dosimetry (micro-dosimetry and nano-dosimetry, space dosimetry)

Medical Physics

  • Isotopes Production used in Medicine, Special requirements, isotope concentration and half-life (natural and biological half-life)
  • Diagnostic methods, static and dynamic tests (CT – MRI, γ-camera, SPECT, PET, PET-CT)
  • Computer imaging, detection of radiation (image formation, collimators, resolution of image, criteria method comparison)
  • Radiotherapy – Medical accelerators (construction-beam -produced reactions) Photon, electron and hadron therapy – Isotopes application (Brachytherapy)

Principles of radiation protection and international regulations