Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Hannu Eskola

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4 : Wednesday 10 - 18, SH304 Friday 10 - 14, SH304 Tuesday 10 - 12, SH304	3.-n. vuosikurssi DI-Opiskelijat KV-opiskelijat Sähkötekniikan koulutusohjelma Teknis-luonnontieteellinen koulutusohjelma

Requirements

Final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

After completing the course, you understand the principles of delivering external and internal radiotherapy fields. You know how to optimize the spatial and temporal radiation dose distribution.

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.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Online book	Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students, Chapters 5-8, 10-15	E.B. Podgorsak (ed.)					English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Additional information

LTT-3206 replaces the course LTT-3200.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 5 %

Last modified	29.07.2008
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen