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PH106: Introduction to Medical Physics

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Students will get a chance to visit the Radiotherapy and Diagnostic Radiology Departments at Galway University Hospital in SEM II.

Students will also be given a Medical Physics research topic and will have to write a report and deliver an oral presentation on this topic in SEM II.

Syllabus

Semester I

Introduction to Medical Physics
Imaging in Medicine
Influences on Medical Image Quality
Analytical Description of Medical Image Quality
Production of x-rays
Radiography
Fluoroscopy
Computed Tomography (CT)
Ultrasound
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Radiotherapy
Nuclear Medicine

Semester II

Radiation basics
Radiation in the environment
Radiation detectors
Radiation safety
Introduction to image processing
Presentation skills

Lecturers

Dr. Mark Foley
Office: 141
Phone: ext. 5383
email: mark.foley

nuigalway.ie

School of Physics
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
E-mail: Tess.Mahoney

nuigalway.ie
Phone: +353 91 492490 - Fax: +353 91 494584
This page was last updated Friday, September 12, 2008