COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS METHODS IN MEDICAL PHYSICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 6009 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS METHODS IN MEDICAL PHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR KADIR AKGÜNGÖR

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to solve numerical problems that may be encountered in medical physics and to use various simulation programs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to recognize and use the computer operating system used in medical physics
2   Being able to develop an algorithm with the basic concepts in numerical analysis
3   Being able to analyze an image with image processing techniques
4   Being able to use network and basic networking protocols
5   Being able to use simulation programs

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, basics of programming
2 Basics of programming
3 Basic numerical algorithms, array operations
4 Fitting, smoothing
5 Fourier Analysis
6 Image processing, filters, pixel and voxel transformations
7 Area and volume calculations, Fusion
8 The introduction of the package program
9 Selection of projects with Geant4 and / or Gamos
10 Project study
11 Project study
12 Project study
13 Project study
14 Completion and evaluation of projects

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. laboratory practice
3. Homework/project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 +ASG * 0.15 +PRJ* 0.25 +FIN*0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 +ASG * 0.15 +PRJ* 0.25 +RST*0.30


*** 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)

kadir.akgungor@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Lab Preparation 1 22 22
Final 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.1333352
LO.22222435
LO.342353
LO.4525
LO.5225