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.
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