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  

Updated by: Nousiainen Juha, 15.04.2020