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UCP | Faculdade de Engenhar ia

www.fe.lisboa.ucp.pt

UNIVERSIDADE CATLICA PORTUGUESA

F A C U L D A D E D E ENGENHARIA

Subject

FSICA MDICA / MEDICAL PHYSICS

Subject Context Students Work Load

Course(s): Biomedical Engineering Degree Lectures 30 h

Course Year | Semester: 3rd

year l 1st

semester Practicals/Tutorials 30h

Academic Year: 2010 /2011 Total of Contact hours 60h

ECTS: 4 credits Total of hours without contact 52h

Classes Type: Lectures, Practical / Tutorials Total Students Working hours 112h

Aim and Objectives

To provide understanding on the fundamental physics of ionising and non-ionising radiation used for medicaldiagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. Topics addressed include an introduction to radiation and radiation

sources, radiation production methods and characteristics and radiation-matter interaction processes

(electromagnetic and charged particles).

Course Syllabus

Introduction to Radiation.Radiation Types and Fields. Relevant quantities and units.

Structure of matter (atomic and nuclear).

Part I - Ionising radiationX-ray production physics

Nuclear Instability and radioactive decay

Interaction of radiation and mater: photons

Interaction of radiation and mater: charged particles

Concepts of fluence, exposure, kerma and absorbed dose

Part II - Non-Ionising radiationAcoustic radiation (ultrasound physics). Electromagnetic: Radio-frequency, Microwaves, Infra-Red, Visible,

Ultra-Violed. Principles of LASER production.


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Lecturers

Ana Pascoal | Lecturer / Coordinator |[email protected](Office n1319; T: 21 426 97 74?)

Academic education: PhD in Imaging Sciences (University of London, Kings College School of Medicine andDentistry, 2006). Master of Science (MSc) in Physics Engineering/Nuclear and Applied Physics (FCUL, 2001).

Graduate in Physics Engineering (FCT-UNL, 1997).

Professional activities: Lecturer in higher education since 1996 is currently assistant professor at FEUCP.Coordinator of Master Course in Clinical Engineering at FEUCP. Lectures courses on Medical Physics, Medical

Imaging, Technologies for Diagnostic and Therapy, Dosimetry and Radiation Protection, amongst other. Research interests: Clinical implementation of medical technologies with focus on performance assessmentand optimisation of digital technologies in mammography and CT. Other fields of interest include radiation

protection policies and operational procedures in healthcare, promotion of public awareness for the use of

radiations in medicine, continuous education of healthcare professionals and dissemination of medical physics

and biomedical/clinical engineering profiles in healthcare.

Taxiarchis Sakellaris | Lecturer |[email protected](Office n 1333; T: 21 426 98 15)

Academic education: PhD in Medical Physics (University of Patras, School of Medicine, Department of MedicalPhysics, Greece, 2008). Master of Science (MSc) in Medical Physics (University of Patras, School of Medicine,

Department of Medical Physics, Greece, 2003). Graduate in Physics (University of Athens, Department ofPhysics, Greece, 2001)

Professional activities: Currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at FEUCP.Research interests: Development of Monte Carlo Simulation Models and associated Toolkits for DigitalMammography for optimization studies and pedagogical purposes.

Lecturing Methodology

Lectures: aimed at to introducing the fundamental/theoretical concepts associated to each topic.Praticals: focused on practicing the application of theoretical concepts into practical situations involvingthe use of radiations in medicine. Scientific papers will be used as reference material.

Labs & Workshops (1 experimental and 1 computational). Field visit (research labs / hospitals).

Assessment Methodology

Type: Continuous assessment (AV) and Final Exam

Final mark = 0,40 AC + 0,60 Mx (EF; ER) ; (pass criteria: FM > 10,0 val AC > 8,0 val EF ou ER 10,0)

AC: Average mark of continuous evaluation - 4 best marks will be considered from: 3 Tests 1 Lab work report 1 Field Visit report

If AC < 8 val student fails the course and enrolls again on the following academic year. The test mark

(continuous evaluation) is not transferred from one year to the following year. Lab mark is transferred for 1

academic year.

EF: Mark of Final Exam

ER: Mark of Exam Recurso

Marks: AC, Tests and Exams rounded to 1 decimal place. Final mark: rounded to units.
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Bibliography

Class notesBooksReference Book

Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection (3rd

edition)

James E. TurnerWILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

ISBN: 978-3-527-40606-7

Additional Reading

The Physics of Radiology (4th edition)

H. F. Johns, J. R. Cunningham

Charles Thomas Publisher

ISBN: 0-398-04669-7

The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging (2nd edition)

Jerrold T. Bushberg

Lippincot Williams & Wilkins, 2002ISBN-10: 0683301187

Advanced Reading

Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation Dosimetry

Frank Herbert Attix

WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

ISBN-13: 978-0-471-01 146-0

ISBN-10: 0-471-01 146-0

Scientific PapersWebsites for paper search

web of knowledge

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

Websites (examples)International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), http://rpop.iaea.org/RPoP/RPoP/Content/index.htm

Health Protection Agency (HPA) (United Kingdom), http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/default.htm

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Finland) http://www.stuk.fi/en_GB/

Health & Safety Executive http://www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/index.htm

International Commission on Non-ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) http://www.icnirp.de/

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine http://www.ipem.ac.uk/ipem%5Fpublic/

Institute of Physics,www.iop.org

American Association of Physics in Medicine http://www.aapm.org/

Instituto Tecnolgico e Nuclear, Portugal http://www.itn.pt/sec/prsn/index.html

Direco Geral da Sade, http://www.dgs.pt/

Sociedade Portuguesa de Radiologia e Medicina Nuclear, http://www.sprmn.pt

Sprawls educational foundation, http://www.sprawls.org/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/http://www.sprmn.pt/http://www.sprmn.pt/http://www.sprmn.pt/http://www.sprmn.pt/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

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