Formal course run July through August
Syllabus: Summer 2022: Medical Physics for Physician Residents
8/12Imaging 2Lawless
| Date | Subject | Instructor | Reading | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/8 | Review of Basic Physics | Davies | (1)(2.1-2.7) | Homework 1 |
| 7/11 | Atomic Nuclei/Radioactivity | Davies | (1)(3.1-3.11) | |
| 7/12 | Nuclear Physics | Davies | (1)(3.11-3.15) | |
| 7/15 | X-Ray Production-Technology | Davies | (1)(4.1-4.6) | Homework 2 |
| 7/18 | X-Ray Production Physics | Davies | (1)(5.1-5.7) | |
| 7/19 | Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with Matter | Davies | (1)(6.1) | |
| 7/22 | Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter | Crosby | (1)(6.2-6.4) | Homework 3 |
| 7/25 | Radiation Quantities: Dose | Crosby | (1)7.1-7.6 | |
| 7/26 | Radiation Quantities: Exposure to MonteCarlo | Bodart | (1)7.7-7.11 | |
| 7/29 | Detectors | Davies | (1)8.1-8.6 | Homework 4 |
| 8/1 | Linear Accelerators | Tyson | (1)9.1-9.12 | |
| 8/2 | Central Axis Dose Distributions, Calibration of Photon Beams | Carroll | (1)10.1-10.9, 11 – Chapter summary only | |
| 8/5 | No Class | |||
| 8/8 | MU Calculation on Open & Shaped Fields | Carroll | (1)12.5 – 12.6 | |
| 8/9 | Imaging 1 | Lawless | ||
| 8/12 | Imaging 2 | Lawless | ||
| 8/15 | No Class | |||
| 8/16 | 3D-CRT | Davies | (1)13.1-13.13 | |
| 8/19 | IMRT | Davies | (1)15.1-15.6 | |
| 8/22 | DVH/Adaptation | Davies | (1)14.1-14.3 | Homework 5 |
| 8/23 | Electrons/TSET/TBI | Tyson | (1)16.1-16.8 | |
| 8/26 | Protons | Hill | ((1)15.1-15.6 | |
| 8/29 | SRS/SBRT | Arnold | (1)20.1-20.4 | |
| 8/30 | Brachy I | Slagowski | (1)17.1-17.9 | Homework 6 |
| 9/2 | Brachy II | Slagowski | (1)17.10-17.17 | |
| 9/5 | No Class – Labor Day | |||
| 9/6 | QA/Safety | Jacqmin | (1)21.1-21.11 | |
| 9/9 | Rad Safety/Shielding | Carroll | (1)18.1-18.9 | |
Readings:
1. McDermott PN, Orton CG. The physics & technology of radiation therapy, 2nd ed.: Medical Physics Publishing; 2018.
Homework: Assigned weekly as a multiple choice MS forms and is due the following week
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