2020-01-01-1576 - PHYS 578 Medical Health Physics - S.Y. Chen ( 2020-01-01 - 2023-12-31 )

ID Number

2020-01-01-1576

Course Title

PHYS 578 Medical Health Physics

Sponsor

S.Y. Chen

Credits

40

Valid from/to

-

Description

This is a 2 credit hours graduate course in a semester. It is offered by the Illinois Institute of Technology Health Physics Program toward the master's degree.

Medical Health Physics (MHP) profession; sources of radiation in the medical environment; radioisotopes in nuclear medicine; diagnostic use of X-rays (radiography, mammography, CT, fluoroscopy); therapeutic use of X-ray and gamma radiation (Co-60 and LINAC based radiation therapy); radiotherapy using sealed radioisotopes (brachytherapy); radiation protection in diagnostic and interventional radiology; radiation protection in nuclear medicine; radiation protection in external beam radiotherapy; radiation protection in brachytherapy; radiation accidents in medicine.

CEU credit type

Group A-Formal Educational Activities

CEU credit sub-type

A - College course related to a topic on the certification examination