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Physics Measurements in Radiotherapy I

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Contents 1 Course Title: 2 Course No.: 3 Instructor: 4 Location: 5 Text: 6 Credits: 7 Semester Offered: 8 Evaluation Scheme: 9 Course Outline 10 Prerequisite Courses 11 Course Schedule

[edit] Course Title:

Physics Measurements in Radiotherapy I

[edit] Course No.:

RADI 6031

[edit] Instructor:

Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D., Alonso Gutierrez, Ph.D., Carlos Esquivel, Ph.D.

[edit] Location:

CTRC U212

[edit] Text:

F. Khan, The Physics of Radiation Therapy, 3rd Edition

E.B. Podgorsak, Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students

AAPM Reports: TG 21, TG 40, TG 43, TG 45, TG 50, TG 51

[edit] Credits:

3

[edit] Semester Offered:

Fall

[edit] Evaluation Scheme:

Homework: 30%; Midterm: 35%; Final Exam: 35%

[edit] Course Outline

To gain didactic and hands-on familiarity with radiation therapy measurement equipment (ion chambers, films, TLDs, water tanks, profilers, etc) and learn basic measurement acquisition necessary for clinical practice. Students learn the use of statistics in radiation measurement, the generation of radiation, interactions of radiation with matter, nuclear reactions and the methods and instruments used for detection of radiation through attendance of didactic lectures, reviews of homework assignments, presentations of class projects and preparation for examinations.

[edit] Prerequisite Courses

1. RADI 5005
2. RADI 6030

[edit] Course Schedule

1. Introduction Detectors/Dosimetry
2. TG-51 Photons
3. TG-51 Electrons
4. Ion Chamber - electrometer cross-calibration
5. TLD-Film calibration/measurements
6. Linac QA(Daily, Monthly)
7. Linac Annual QA
8. Linac Annual QA
9. To Be Determined
10. EPID QA
11. Brachytherapy HDR – GYN
12. Brachytherapy HDR – Breast/Prostate
13. Holiday (No class)
14. MLC QA
15. Radiation Safety/Shielding
16. Final Exam

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