MEDICAL PHYSICS
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- Academic year
- 2016/2017
- Teacher
- MAURO GAMBACCINI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- FIS/07
Training objectives
- To understand the physics of radiographic image formation. To understand the most important physics parameters for image quality evaluation. To learn the optimisation procedure of radiographic examination. To learn the quality control procedure of radiography. To understand the physics of nuclear medicine ( PET e SPECT) imaging. image quality evaluation. To learn the optimisation procedure of radiographic examination. To learn the quality control procedure of radiography. Physics of magnetic resonance imaging.
Prerequisites
- Classic Physics, Electromagnetism, elements of condensed matter and solid state physics, elements of quantum physics and relativity, elements of nuclear physics. Radiation interaction with matter.
Course programme
- Radiographic image formation, contrast, contrast versus beam energy, HVL and filtration, monochromatic X ray. Spatial resolution, MTF, noise and Wiener spectrum. Signal to noise ratio and DQE. Linear system theory. Focal spot and image quality. Radiographic film, H-D curve, contrast speed and latitude. Dark room. Fluorescent screen and image quality. Detectors for digital radiography. Tomography and FBP. Gamma camera and SPECT. Elements of positron emission tomography.
Didactic methods
- Lectures, individual study of specific topics of the programm, discussion in the classroom with the teacher of the topics studied individually
Learning assessment procedures
- Final examination
The final exam is divided into two parts:
1) Research of the latest applications of physics in diagnostic imaging (assigned by the teacher); preparation of a written essay and presentation of a seminar on the topic assigned.
2) oral test about the level of knowledge of some topic of the course and verification of the ability of their application to imaging problems.
The final grade is the average of the two scores.
To pass the exam the student must obtain a minimum score of 18 out of 33 in each part of the two tests.
If one of the two tests are lacking or if the total score is less than 18, the assessment must be repeated. Reference texts
- Jhons and Cunningam -The Physics of Radiology - Charles C Thomas Publisher, Springfiel, USAWebb - The phyisics of medical Imaging - Institute of Physics - LondonHandbook of Medical imaging Vol.1 - SPIE - Bellingham, WA
