Courses persons responsible
Simo Hyödynmaa

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	-	-	-	3 h/week	-	-
Exercise	-	-	-	1 h/week	-	-
Exam

(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To give fundamentals of operation and effects of therapeutic devices producing fields and radiation.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Physical and biological effects of radiation on tissue.
2.	Operation principles of radiotherapy devices.
3.	Dose planning in radiotherapy.

Requirements for completing the course
Final exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Study material

Type	Name	Auhor	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability...	Exam material	Language
Book	The Physics of Radiation Therapy	Khan, F.M.			Chapters 3,4,7-10,12-20.	Yes	English

Prerequisites

Code	Course	Credits	M/R
LTT-3306	LTT-3306 Radiation and Safety	4	Recommendable

Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Remarks

Distance learning

- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
- In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
- In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
- The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

- Contact teaching: 40 %
- Distance learning: 10 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	45
Exercises	18
Information and communication technology	5

Other scaled	Hours
Preparation for exam	10
Exam/midterm exam	3
Total sum	81

Additional information related to course
LTT-3206 replaces the course LTT-3200.

Correspondence of content
LTT-3200 Radiotherapy Devices

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Last modified	09.11.2006
Modified by	Juha Nousiainen