- Docente: Claudia Testa
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physics (cod. 9244)
Course contents
Applications of physics concepts aiming at studying living systems, at diagnosis and therapy.
Radiation in medicine. Interaction between radiation and matter, physical quantities in dosimetry. Biological effects and interaction with tissues. Biological effect of ioninzing radiations, dose-effect curves for induced cancerogenesis.
Radiotherapy. Conventional and conformational radiotherapy.
Diagnosis. Physical principles of imaging for diagnosis. Morphological and functional analysis. Diagnosis by X rays, radio-isotopes, ultra sounds and nuclear. magnetic resonance.
Basis for health physics. Radioprotection and quality controls in conventional radiology. Radiation protection legislation.
Basis of biophysics. Relationship between anatomy and cells function and organs. Introdution to nervous system. System biology. Neural networks and learning algorithms.
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons. NMR data will be processed using dedicated softwares.
Assessment methods
The final exam will be a propedeutical written exam to test the students' acquired knowledge. The exam will consist in 6 questions to which the student has to answer in a synthetic but exhaustive manner whitih 60 minutes. The questions will be about topics faced during the frontal lessons. The student will not be allowed to consult materials during the exam. The student may decide to integrate the written exam with an oral. The knowledge of these topics and the assessment of the use of a pertinent scientific speech will be considered as an excellent score.
Teaching tools
Pc, video projector, softwares and laboratory instruments.
Office hours
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