Study Programmes 2015-2016
PHYS0952-3  
Physics fundamental issues in relation with medical x-ray diagnosis, radiotherapy and nuclear medicine
  • Radiobiology part
  • Imagery part
Duration :
Radiobiology part : 10h Th
Imagery part : 25h Th, 5h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in physics (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Radiobiology part : Christophe Champion
Imagery part : Alain Seret
Coordinator :
Alain Seret
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Introduction to nuclear medicine, radiology and radiotherapy.
Radiation interactions - biological material
Introduction to radiology, nuclear medicine and tomography reconstruction techniques used by these medical imaging modalities and a practical teaching on digital images.
Imagery part
Introduction to radiology, nuclear medicine and tomography reconstruction techniques used by these medical imaging modalities and a practical teaching on digital images.
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
describe and explain the physics of radiobiology;
describe and explain the physics and some technological issues of radiology and nuclear medicine;
describe the mathematical problem of tomography reconstruction and to explain some of the methods to solve this problem;
use a basic processing software of numerical medical images.
Please, see the individual components for more details.
Radiobiology part
n.a.
Imagery part
At the end of the course the student will be able
to describe and explain the physics of conventionnal radiology (analogic or digital images),
to describe and explain the physics of CT-scan,
to describe and explain the basics of dosimetry in CT-scan,
to describe and explain the physics of in-vivo diagnostic nuclear medicine (scintigraphy and positron emission tomography),
to describe and explain the mathematics of the problem of tomography reconstruction and some of the methods to solve this problem,
to use a software of medical image processing.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
See the individual components.
Physics of collisions. Kinematics.
Courses PHYS0093 & PHYS2009 of Bachelor in physical sciences or equivalent courses.
Imagery part
Courses PHYS0093 & PHYS2009 of Bachelor in physical sciences or equivalent courses.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
See the individual components.
Theoretical course illustrated by examples.
Mainly theoretical course. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Imagery part
Mainly theoretical course. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
See the individual components.
In summary,
A) 10 hours of classes over 2.5 days;
C) Face-to-face. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Imagery part
Face-to-face. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Recommended or required readings :
See the individual components.
In summary,
A) Slides will be available for students.
C) Text documents and slides are downloadable (eCampus). A textbook covering the tomography reconstruction is a strongly recommanded lecture (available at the Presses Universitaires de Liège).
Imagery part
Text documents and slides are downloadable (eCampus).
The section devoted to tomography reconstruction is based on the book (in french) "Reconstruction tomographique: première approche" by A. Seret et M. Defrise (2104) published at the Presses Universitaires de Liège.
Assessment methods and criteria :
See french version.
Final two-hour examination.
n.a.
In french, see the french version.
Imagery part
In french, see the french version.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
The course makes use of eCampus. The access to a computer (PC or Mac) is mandatory for the practice with digital images.
Imagery part
The course makes use of eCampus. The access to a computer (PC or Mac) is mandatory for the practice with digital images.
Contacts :
Coordinator : Alain SERET Phone: +32-4-3663705 - E-mail: aseret@ulg.ac.be Institute of Physics, B5 - Quartier Agora - Allée du six Aout 19 - Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège - BELGIUM.
See the individual components for the contact data of the three teachers.
Radiobiology part
Christophe CHAMPION
champion@cenbg.in2p3.fr
Imagery part
Alain SERET Phone: +32-4-3663705 - E-mail: aseret@ulg.ac.be Institute of Physics, B5 - Quartier Agora - Allée du six Aout 19 - Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège - BELGIUM.
Items online :
Imagery part
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