Department of Physics

10ΕΚ402 Medical Physics

Course webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS215

Course outline

Course content

• Radiation physics. Production of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Interaction of photons with matter. Interaction of charged particles with matter. Bragg curve.
• Biological effects of radiation. Radiation protection. Dosimetry.
• Medical imaging. Diagnostic radiology.
• Principles of computed tomography. Sinogram. The tomographic problem as an inverse transformation. Radon transform.
• Computed Tomography (CT). Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT). Positron Emission Tomography (PET).
• Non-ionizing imaging techniques: Magnetic Resonancs Imaging (MRI), ultrasound imaging.
• Radiotherapy. Brachytherapy. Heavy-ion therapy.