Practicum in Detection and Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16PDZBS | KZ | 4 | 0+4 |
- Course guarantor:
- Petr Průša
- Lecturer:
- Tutor:
- Tereza Hanušová, David Chvátil, Jiří Martinčík, Radim Možnar, Pavel Novotný, Kateřina Pilařová, Zdeněk Zelenka
- Supervisor:
- Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation
- Synopsis:
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Subject consists of practical exercises. They should learn students to operate nuclear instrumentation common in praxis, and also to do measurements, which may be part of their future jobs.
- Requirements:
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Required prerequisities are 16ZPRA, 16DETE.
- Syllabus of lectures:
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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1. Film dosimetry
2. High resolution spectrometry of gamma rays
3. Detector spectrometric detection effieciency measurement
4. X-ray tube filtration measurement
5. Radionuclide X-ray fluorescent analysis
6. Gel dosimetry
7. Properties of photon beam (microtron)
8. Dose measurement in HE photon and electron beams in water (microtron)
9. Radon volume activity growth curve analysis measured by RADIM-3 detector
10. Alpha spectroscopy using YAG:Ce scintillator
11. Dose profiles analysis of therapeutic 137Cs irradiator
- Study Objective:
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Knowledge:
Practical knowledge of nuclear equipment, instrumentation and detection systems used for routine calibration and measurement.
Abilities:
Individual work with a variety of nuclear instrumentation devices, processing, presentation and interpretation of measured data.
- Study materials:
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Key references:
[1]Gerndt J., Průša P., Detektory ionizujícího záření, 2. přepracované vydání, Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha, 2011.
Recommended references:
[2] Knoll G.F., Radiation Detection and Measurement, John Wiley & Sons, 4th edition, 2010
[3] S.N. Ahmed: Physics & Engineering of Radiation Detection, Elsevier, 2nd edition, 2015
Media and tools:
dosimetry laboratory
- Note:
- Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Radiologická technika (compulsory course in the program)