- Docente: Silvia Cammelli
- Credits: 4
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
The course provides knowledge in the following areas:
- Biologic basis of Radiation therapy
- Main external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy techniques
Course contents
- Radiobiological principles of fractionation
- Fractionation scheduled
- Photon and electron External beam dosimetry and Treatment Planning
- Patients positioning Methods: immobilization and Monitoring
- Modern techniques: IMRT, IGRT, Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Proton and Carbon Ions therapy
- Brachytherapy: low dose rate, pulsed dose rate, high dose rate
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Oral examination to assess achievement of the skills detailed in the learning outcomes (see the Italian version for details)
Teaching tools
Teaching material (access restricted to UNIBO student) can be downloaded from the institutional repository.
Students who, due to disability-related reasons or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) need compensatory tools, are invited to inform the teacher of their needs as soon as possible, in order to adopt appropriate measures.
Office hours
See the website of Silvia Cammelli