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RADIOLOGY, RADIOTHERAPY AND RADIATION PROTECTION Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents CI Teaching Name: Radiology, Radiotherapy and Radiation Protection
Integrated Course: Work Protection and Organization
Year of Course: III Year, 2nd Semester
Extended Syllabus 1. Radiology:
- radiological performance, nuclear medicine performance, radiotherapy performance: RX, MRI, TAC, PET, SPECT, angiography, ultrasound, fluorangiography, scintigraphy, OCT, tomography ...)
- instrumental investigations from OCT to fluorangiography:
OCT angiography - retinal and iric echo-fluroangiography - OCT Optical coherence tomography - corneal tomography and angle measurement - optic papilla tomography.
2. Radiotherapy: what is it? performance, ionizing radiation, X-rays, radiofrequency, preparation and execution of a treatment plan.
radiotherapy treatments in cancer treatments.
3. Radiation protection:
Physical Aspects: Basics of Physics of Ionizing Radiation. Sources.
Sizes used in Radiation Protection. Notes on penetration ed
absorption of ionizing radiation in the matter
shield design in the medical field.
- Essential legislation: legislation. Laws and Decrees. External radiation
and internal radiation. Dose limits. Staff classification
exposed. High energy radiation protection.
- Medical aspects: Overview of effects on humans. Health surveillance of the
exposed personnel. Medical record of exposed personnel.
- Operational aspects: Radiation protection in the use of radioisotopes in medicine.
Personal protective equipment. Environmental dosimetry
Recommended Bibliography
Teaching Methods
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The assessment of learning can be carried out through multiple choice written test or by oral test
Contacts/More Information Professor meets students
Wednesday 14.00am-16.00 a.m.
Radiation Oncology Department
“S.S. Annunziata Hospital” (Level 5-D)
for appointment please write to d.genovesi@unich.it