COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 6023 GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY ELECTIVE 4 0 0 12

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to teach operation characteristics of scintillation and solid-state detectors used for gamma ray detection and gamma spectrum analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe nuclear counting systems
2   Being able to list photopeaks observed in gamma spectrum
3   Being able to express the mechanisms of photopeak formation
4   Being able to classify gamma ray detection systems
5   Being able to calculate the specific activity
6   Being able to estimate the measurement error
7   Being able to compare advantages and disadvantages of different radiation detectors
8   Being able to determine the possible detector problem by gamma spectrum

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Solid-state detectors
2 Essential differences between Germanium and Silicon detectors.
3 Scintillation detectors
4 Radioactive counting statistics
5 Nuclear measurement systems
6 Energy deposition in detector material
7 Gamma Spectrum
8 Characteristics of puls height spectrum
9 Response functions of detectors
10 Background and Summatıon Effect
11 Gamma spectrum analysis with germanium detectors
12 Standart characteristics of germanium detectors
13 Gamma spectrum analysis with NaI(Tl) detectors
14 Curie criterion and the minimum detectable activity

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Radiation Detection and Measurement (G.F.Knoll)
Auxiliary references:
Measurement and Detection of Radiation (N. Tsoulfanidis)

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores.
2. 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)

ozlem.karadeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday between 10:00-12:00 a.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 12 168
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 288

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.1523
LO.2354
LO.3354
LO.4524
LO.53
LO.63
LO.7532
LO.8532

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