Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Hannu Eskola

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1 : Wednesday 16 - 18, SH304 Thursday 12 - 14, SH304

Requirements

Final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course you are able to follow other medical physics courses. You understand the origin and properties of different types of ionizing radiation, as well as the interactions of radiation and specific materials, especially human tissue.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Basis of radiation physics: x-ray physics and nuclear physics, radiation sources, radiation units, dosimetry.
2.	Interaction mechanisms of radiation with material.
3.	Radiation detectors.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
-	Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students, pp.71-121 (Chapters 3&4)	Podgorsak, E.			Free in Internet		Suomi
Book	Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists	Podgorsak, E.					English
Lecture slides	Radiation Physics	Hannu Eskola			On the Internet.		Suomi

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

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

Last modified	29.05.2009
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen