Teaching Name: Radiology, Radiotherapy and Radiation Protection
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