[s25] Tutorial and Hands-on Calculations in Ion Beam Therapy

This tutorial and exercise accompanies the lecture Medical Physics Aspects in Ion Beam Therapy in Clinical Practice. A registration for this tutorial is strongly recommended for all participants of the lecture.

In the tutorial we will recap some aspects of the lecture and answer questions, we will solve together in-class exercises, preparing you for working at home on the short weekly exercise sheet. The exercise sheets should be handed-in and will be corrected.

Please register on LSF.

[s25] Radiation Protection for Medical Applications: physical, legal and practical aspects


Content of the Lecture:

  • Introduction - Radiation Physics Basics - International Framework for Radiation Protection
  • Radiation Protection in Germany - Role of the Medical Physics Expert
  • Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation Exposure
  • Natural Radiation and Radiation Risk Assessment
  • Radiation Risk during Pregnancy - Practical Radiation Protection Zones and Contamination Handling
  • Radiation Protection Equipment and Nuclear Safeguards
  • Radiological Accidents and Accident Prevention in Radiotherapy
  • Handling and Storage of Radioactive Components and Waste
  • Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine
  • Radiation Protection in Brachytherapy
  • Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy
  • Secondary Radiation and Shielding Design for Accelerator-based Facilities
  • Radiation Protection for Space Missions

[s25] Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications

Content of the Lecture:

Overview of detector systems for Medical Imaging

Basic physical interactions of particles and radiation with matter

Gas-filled (ionization) detectors

Scintillation Detectors

Basics of Positron Emission Tomography

Semiconductor detectors: Silicon

Semiconductor detectors: Germanium

Electronic detector readout and signal processing

Radiochromic films and Thermoluminiscence detectors

[s25] Advanced motion compensation in modern radiotherapy (Riboldi)

[s25] Radiation Biology and Brachytherapy

[s25] Imaging in medical physics (Parodi)

[s25] Medical physics aspects of ion beam therapy in clinical practice (Parodi)

[s25] Digital image processing in medical physics