Course Description & Objectives:
- Interaction of charged particle radiation with matter: - Bragg curve, linear energy transfer, stopping power, ionisation, energy losses; range, range-energy relationship and shielding.
- Interaction of uncharged radiation with matter
- X-ray interactions in the patient and attenuation process in relation to subject contrast.
- Interaction of X-ray photon with the intensifying screen and production of light photon.
- Interaction of the light photon with the X-ray film and formation of latent and radiological image.
- Film gamma, latitude and speed
- Factors affecting radiological film contrast
- Factors affecting image quality
- Direct and indirect action of radiation
- DNA Strand Breaks and Chromosomal aberrations
- Radiosensitivity and cell age in the mitotic cycle
- Radiation damage,
- Hereditary effects of radiation
- Physical principles of mammography, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, Ultrasound and radionuclide imaging
- Radiation-protection, quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC)
