FISICA ED ASTRONOMIA "Ettore Majorana"PhysicsAcademic Year 2022/2023
9795842 - ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO MEDICINE
Teacher: GIORGIO RUSSO
Expected Learning Outcomes
The course has the following learning objectives:
provide students with the knowledge:
- the biological effects of radiation, illustrating the basic principles of radiobiology;
- physical and technological principles of Single Photon Emission Tomography;
- physical and technological principles of Positron Emission Tomography;
- of the main methods for the verification of the quality of SPECT images;
- of the main methods for the verification of the quality of PET images;
- Quantification of uptake in PET exams;
- Radiomic studies.
Course Structure
frontal lessons and experimental experience on nuclear medicine department
Required Prerequisites
basic knowledge about radiation material interaction, and radiographic system and computer tomography
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance to the course is usually compulsory (consult the Academic Regulations of the Course of Studies)
Detailed Course Content
- Biological Effects of Radiation
- Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- SPECT
- PET
- Processing of Medical Images
- Radiomic
- Quality assurance tests on nuclear medicine
Textbook Information
The reference book is "Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA"
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Presentation | teacher slide |
| 2 | Basic Physics for Nuclear Medicine | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 3 | Radionuclide Production | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 4 | Electronics knowledge for nuclear medicine scanners | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 5 | Generic Performance measures | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 6 | Physics in a radio pharmacy laboratory | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 7 | Nuclear Medicine imaging devices | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 8 | PET | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 9 | PET/CT and SPECT/CT | Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA |
| 10 | Quantification in PET | teacher slide |
| 11 | Radiobiology | teacher slide |
| 12 | Computer Tomography | teacher slide |
| 13 | x ray production | teacher slide |
| 14 | research activities in nuclear medicine | teacher slide |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral interview and a lecture on a chosen topic, accorded with teacher
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The questions below are not an exhaustive list but are just a few examples.
- main physical and technical concept about TC, SPECT and PET scanner
- radiotracer production and main radio tracer used in clinics
- quantification problems in PET
- Quality assurance for SPECT and PET scanners
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