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Course Code: 
PHYS 409
Semester: 
Spring
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
8
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
The aim of this course is to improve the knowledge of the students in medical physics and its applications in medicine.
Course Content: 

SI units, electromagnetic waves, radiation pressure and poynting vector, radioactivity, radiation types, photons interaction with matter, attenuation coefficients, electrons interation with matter, activity and dose, radiation detection and detectors, radionuclide protection and radiopharmaceuticals, radiobiology, radiation dosimetry, radiation protection, applications in radiology, treatment in nuclear medicine, treatment in radiotheraphy are explained.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, B: Final

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1) Knows the fundamental SI units.

1,2,3

A,B

2) Knows basics of electromagnetic spectrum and energy transfered

1,2,3

A,B

3) Analyse radiation and its types and knows the interaction of radiation with matter

1,2,3

A,B

4) Has information in radiation dose units

1,2,3

A,B

5) Knows how to detect radiation

1,2,3

A,B

6) Has idea about radiation protection

1,2,3

A,B

7) Has information in radiation used in medicine

1,2,3

A,B

 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

SI UNITS, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Lecture notes

2

RADIATION PRESSURE AND POYNTING VECTOR

Lecture notes

3

RADIOACTIVITY

Lecture notes

4

RADIATION TYPES

Lecture notes

5

PHOTONS INTERACTION WITH MATTER

Lecture notes

6

ATTENUATION

Lecture notes

 

Midterm I

 

7

ELECTRONS INTERATION WITH MATTER

Lecture notes

8

ACTIVITY AND DOSE

Lecture notes

9

RADIATION DETECTION AND DETECTORS,

Lecture notes

10

RADIOBIOLOGY, RADIATION DOSIMETRY

Lecture notes

11

RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, RADIONUCLIDE PROTECTION

Lecture notes

 

Midterm II

 

12

APPLICATIONS IN RADIOLOGY

Lecture notes

13

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Lecture notes

14

TREATMENT IN RADIOTHERAPHY

Lecture notes

 
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

NUCLEAR MEDICINE PHYSICS IAEA, 2014 (Open Source)

Additional Resources

THE ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL IMAGING, 2ND EDITION, BUSHBERG J. T., SEIBERT J. A., LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINSON, 2002

INTERMEDIATE PHYSICS FOR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 4TH EDITION, RUSSEL K. HOBBIE, BRADLEY J. ROTH, SPRINGER,2007.

 
 

Material Sharing

Documents

Lecture Notes

Assignments

 

Exams

2 midterms, 1 final and 1 project

 
 

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

2

20

Project

1

20

Final

1

60

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

40

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

60

Total

 

100

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

 
 

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

contribution

1

2

3

4

5

 

1

gains the ability to apply the knowledge in physics and mathematics

 

 

 

 

X

 

2

gains the ability to construct an experimental setup, perform

the experiment, analyze and interpret the results

 

 

 

X

 

 

3

is supposed to have the education required for the measurements in scientific and technological areas 

 

 

 

X

 

 

4

is able to work in an interdisciplinary team

 

 

X

 

 

 

5

is able to identify, formulate and solve physics problems

 

 

 

 

X

 

6

is conscious for the professional and ethical responsibility

 

 

X

 

 

 

7

is able to communicate actively and effectively

 

 

X

 

 

 

8

is supposed to have the required education for the industrial applications and the social contributions of physics

X

 

 

 

 

 

9

is conscious about the necessity of lifelong education and can implement it

 

 

X

 

 

 

10

is supposed to be aware of the current investigations and developments in the field

 

 

X

 

 

 

11

makes use of the techniques and the modern equipment required for physical applications

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

ECTS

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 14x Total course hours)

14

3

42

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

14

10

140

Mid-terms

2

2

4

Project and presentation

1

15

15

Final examination

1

3

3

Total Work Load

   

204

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

   

8.16

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

8