PHYSICS OF INSTRUMENTATION

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

TR21B1F

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Physics (Cultural Heritage, Environment, Biology and Medicine)

Is part of:

DIAGNOSTICS AND MEDICAL TECHNICAL SCIENCES I

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

WISE RICHARD GEOFFREY

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

The proposed programme will allow students who have little knowledge of the area to achieve the training objectives indicated. There are therefore no prerequisites, but we recommend a knowledge of the notions of Physics acquired in the first year and of mathematics studied at high school.

Objectives

Provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the physical principles underlying diagnostic imaging techniques and therapy based on high energy electromagnetic waves.

Contents

Physical principles underlying radiology and CT, MRI, PET and production of high energy beams in radiotherapy.

Extended Syllabus

Radiology and digital radiography - x-ray generation: the x-ray tube; x-ray interaction with matter; detectors for standard and digital radiology; image formation and characteristics; CT.
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - physical principles underlying NMR; relaxation times T1 and T2 and contrast; spatial coding and construction of the NMR image. Functional MRI - construction of functional maps.
PET and nuclear medicine - how a radio drug is prepared to obtain PET images; radioactive decay; detectors and associated noise; construction of the PET image.
Linear accelerators in radiotherapy: production of radiation beams and particles.

Recommended Bibliography

D. Scannicchio, “Fisica Biomedica”, Edises
D.Giancoli, “Fisica” (ed. 2), Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

Slides provided by the teacher

Teaching Methods

Lectures

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The evaluation method consists of oral and written examination and the topics
under examination will reflect those discussed during the lessons and
present in the program. Specifically, both the topics on the basic principles and the application of these topics to the analysis techniques applied during this course of study, will be examined. The exam mode and the evaluation method will
be indicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. The
evaluation will be based on the knowledge of the topics covered by the
exam questions and the students? logical-argumentative skills. For the
purpose of the evaluation, the quality of the oral presentation will
also be taken into consideration with particular reference to the
competence in the use of the specialized lexicon.

Contacts/More Information

Meetings with the students are scheduled on Tuesdays from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm at ITAB, Chieti campus, ONLY UPON APPOINTMENT by email: richard.wise@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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