- Docente: Luna Martini
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8486)
Learning outcomes
The student at the end of the course knows the theoretical and practical knowledge on the physical and technological bases of radiotherapy equipment.
Course contents
- BASIC RADIATION PHYSICS
- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF RADIATION THERAPY
- COBALT THERAPY UNIT
- LINEAR ACCELERATOR
- LINAC INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
- QUALITY ASSURANCE
- TOMOTHERAPY
- RADIOSURGERY
- BRACHYTHERAPY
- ADROTHERAPY
- IORT
Readings/Bibliography
Bibliography and slides are provided time to time.
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Teaching tools
PC and LIM
Office hours
See the website of Luna Martini