Frontal lessons with slide projection and explanations
Assessment Methods
Oral examination
Contents
Dosimetric and Radiometric quantities, Definitions of the following quantities: Absorbed dose, radiation weighting factors, tissue weighting factors, Equivalent dose, Effective Dose. Radiation protections concepts: Risk, Damage, preventions, protection. Conceptual construction of Radiation Protection: Optimization, justification, Individual dose limits, ICRU and ICRP reports, Euratom Directives, National Laws. Ionizing Radiations: X, gamma, charged particles, neutrons, Interaction of radiation with matter, X-Rays production in medical applications: X-Ray tube and X-Rays medical machines, Radioactivity: Types os Decays, The decay Law, use of radioactive sources in medicine. Optimization: Barriers, DPI, PDC, Operational Procedures. Individual dose limits Radiation Protection Implementation: Physical surveillance, individual dosimetry.
