Radiological Physics - Nuclear Medicine
Code | Completion | Credits | Range |
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16RFNM | Z,ZK | 3 | 2+1 |
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- Supervisor:
- Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation
- Synopsis:
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Principles of nuclear medicine, radionuclides and radiopharmacology - production, requirements and characteristics, activity and physical characteristics of radionuclides used in NM; scintigraphy - gamma camera, collimators, gamma camera parameters, optimization. Image quality in NM. Tomographic imaging in NM - SPECT, PET - radiation detectors, image acquisition and reconstruction, reconstruction methods, attenuation correction, clinical application examples. Computerized data processing in NM. QC - measuring devices parameters and methods of measurement. Methods for radiation stress determination/estimation - compartment analysis, dosimetry of internal radiation sources, effective dose estimation. In-vivo and in-vitro diagnostic methods. Radiation protection of staff members and patients, personal dosimetry, monitoring, related legislation. Technical norms and legislation (acceptance tests, commissioning, audits).
- Requirements:
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Required prerequisities are 16ZDOZ1, 16ZDOZ2, 16DETE, 16JRF1, 16JRF2.
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. RADIONUCLIDES AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS.
2. RADIATION DETECTION IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE.
3. SCINTIGRAPHY.
4. NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGE QUALITY:
5. TOMOGRAPHICAL IMAGING, SPECT.
6. TOMOGRAPHICAL IMAGING, PET:
7. COMPUTERIZED DATA PROCESSING IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE.
8. QUALITY CONTROL.
9. RADIATION DOSES TO PATIENTS.
10. DIAGNOSTICAL METHODS IN-VIVO a IN-VITRO.
11. RADIATION PROTECTION.
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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1. Radiopharmaceuticals, radionuclide, chemical and pharmaceutical purity, using examples.
2. Scintillation detectors, semiconductor detectors, measurement activities, 4pi geometry.
3. Efficiency, energy resolution, liquid scintillators, the measurement statistics.
4. Apparatus for measuring in-vitro and in vivo.
5. Scintillation camera, collimator, energy properties, and spectrometric set.
6. Image quality in nuclear medicine, the spatial resolution - influencing factors, methods of evaluation.
- Study Objective:
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Knowledge:
Knowledge about principles of nuclear medicine and radionuclides using for radiopharmacology.
Abilities:
Determination of radiation exposure of patients, the use of compartmental analysis, the use of dosimetry of internal emitters to estimate the effective dose, dose reduction methods.
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Key references:
[1] Physics in Nuclear Medicine by James A. Sorenson & Michael E. Phelps (Editors) (August 2003)
[2] Medizinische Physik, Bd.2, Medizinische Strahlenphysik von J. Bille, W. Schlegel Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (April 2002)
Recommended references:
[3] The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, J.T. Bushberg et al, 2002
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- Further information:
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans: