COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS OF RADIOTHERAPY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 5045 PHYSICS OF RADIOTHERAPY I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR KADIR AKGÜNGÖR

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

To comprehend the properties of different types of radiation used in medicine, to understand their interaction with matter, to learn the technical and dosimetric properties of imaging, simulation, and treatment devices and to be able to use them, to have an understanding of the process of treatment planning

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Awareness of the fact that the discipline of Medical Physics is a medical profession requiring knowledge, skill and responsibility
2   Understanding the importance of types of radiation used in simulation and treatment
3   Analyzing the effects of radiation on the matter
4   Understanding units of radiation dose
5   Comprehending and using properties of simulation and treatment devices and accessories used in radiation therapy
6   Establishing a relationship between dose-time and using appropriate parameters
7   Understanding the importance of tumor dose specifications in techniques of treatment planning
8   Understanding the influence of patient immobilization on the quality of treatment
9   Applying procedures in the process of treatment planning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The meaning and development of Medical Physics
2 Types and uses of radiation in medicine
3 Radioactivity, radioactive decay, the half-time
4 Interaction of radiation with matter (Photoelectric, Compton, Pair Production, Photodisintegration, Coherent Scattering, Excitation, Absorption of beams)
5 Dose units (activity, dose, absorbed dose, equivalent dose and linear energy transfer)
6 Simulation devices used in radiotherapy (Conventional and CT simulators)
7 Treatment devices used in external radiotherapy (X-ray devices (kV), Cobalt-60 devices)
8 Linear accelerators
9 Imaging systems of treatment devices (EPID, kV-MV cone beam CT)
10 Mid-term exam
11 Nominal standard dose, partial tolerance, the cumulative effect of radiation, time-dose and fractionation, linear quadratic model (LQ), biological equivalent dose (BED).
12 Tumor dose specification (gross tumor volume, clinical tumor volume, planning target volume, irradiated volume, internal target volume)
13 Stages of treatment planning (collection of diagnostic information, localization and simulation, treatment planning and dose calculation, treatment implementation, treatment verfication)
14 Simulation and planning of the treatment (patient position, equipment of immobilization ,lead blocks, compensators, bolus and collimators (MLC))

Recomended or Required Reading

Khan FM. The physics of radiation therapy , Second, Third and Fourth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1994, 2003, 2009.

Khan FM, Gerbi BJ. Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology , Second and Third Edition.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2007, 2012

Edward C. Halperin, Carlos A. Perez, Luther W. Brady Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology Third, Fourth and Fifth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1997, 2003, 2008.

ICRU 62: Supplement to ICRU Report No: 50. Bethesta, MD: International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements 1999.

Günter Zschornack Handbook of X-Ray Data Springer, 2007.

P.Mayles, A.Nahum, J.C.Rasenwald Handbook of Radiotherapy Physics Theory and Practice Taylor and Francis, 2007.

Pam Cherry, Angela M. Duxbury Practical Radiotherapy Physics And Equipment , Wiley Blackwell, 2009.
Supplementary Book(s): Lecture notes
Course Materials: slides

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Using all available technical and dosimetric equipment to make the relevant applications in radiotherapy after having theoretical knowledge about the subject from Turkish and foreign books, periodicals , and protocols.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.20 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.20 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

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 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.145444
LO.245
LO.3455
LO.44455
LO.555454
LO.65
LO.755
LO.8445
LO.95554

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