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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MDF 6008 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL PHYSICS ELECTIVE 4 0 0 8

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HAKAN EPIK

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

Aim of this course is to learn mathematical basics for understanding and developing of mediacal imaging.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to to develop an algorithm with mathematical methods 2   Being able to analyze image 3   Being able to use simulation programs 4   Being able to access and interpret to current scientific knowledge via searching the literature 5   Being able to have the ability in oral and written presentation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Basic numerical algorithms 2 Array operations, data processing 3 Fitting, smoothing 4 Linear systems 5 Fourier transform 6 Image processing: filters, noise and background subtraction 7 Pixel (and voxel) transformations 8 Special algorithms, fusion 9 Simulation; packages (Geant4, MCNP) 10 Dose calculations and dose distribution 11 Project work 12 Project work 13 Project work 14 Completion and evaluation of project

Recomended or Required Reading

Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Arfken, Weber Harris, Elsevier Inc., 7th ed.,2013 Introduction to Computational Methods Auxiliary references: Printed materials that will be distributed weekly. Geant4 and GAMOS user guides

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing 2. Homework/project

Assessment Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 14 4 56 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 10 3 30 Preparing presentations 1 20 20 Lab Preparation 1 17 17 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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