BMT-64416 Methods of Radiotherapy, 5 cr
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Jarkko Ojala, Juha Nousiainen
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| BMT-64416 2019-01 | 3 |
Jarkko Ojala |
Accepted project work and final exam. |
Learning Outcomes
Student can explain the principles of delivering external and internal radiotherapy fields. Student can explain the biological effects of radiotherapy. Student can recognize the effect of various parameters of dose planning on the spatial and temporal radiation dose distribution. He/she can apply Monte Carlo modelling in dose planning
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Biological effects of ionizing radiation beam on tissue. | ||
| 2. | Operation principles of external radiotherapy devices. | ||
| 3. | Special properties of electron beam. | ||
| 4. | Brachytherapy: internal and contact radiotherapy | ||
| 5. | Dose planning in radiotherapy |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| BMT-64416 Methods of Radiotherapy, 5 cr | BMT-64406 Methods of Radiotherapy, 4 cr |