COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TREATMENT AND DOSIMETRIC METHODS IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 6015 TREATMENT AND DOSIMETRIC METHODS IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERKAN DEREBEK

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to teach principles of treatment in nuclear medicine and mechanisms involved in the effectiveness of treatment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge about the basic elements of radionuclide therapy
2   Having knowledge about radiation physics of radionuclide therapy
3   Having knowledge about the treatment in nuclear medicine
4   Having knowledge about new treatment methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Revision of the basic elements of radionuclide therapy, alpha and beta particles, Auger electrons, dose calculations, I 131 therapy for thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism, treatment of liver metastases with Y 90 microspheres, radiosinovektomi
2 Radioimmunotherapy, Y-90 Zevalin, I 131 MIBG, 111 I octreotide, 177 Lu DOTA peptide treatment, bone pain palliation and new methods of treatment

Recomended or Required Reading

Nuclear Medicine Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications (Cumali Aktolun, Stanley J. Goldsmith)
Basic Sciences of Nuclear Medicine (Magdy Khalil)
Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine (Gopal B. Saha)
Radiation Physics for Nuclear Medicine (Marie Claire Cantone, Christoph Hoeschen)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-Answer
3. Discussion
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Final examination will be evaluated by assay or test type examination technique

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to attend to at least 70% of lessons.
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Tutorials 30 1 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 36 36
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.14
LO.243
LO.34
LO.444

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS