ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO MEDICINE

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: GIORGIO RUSSO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course has the following learning objectives:

provide students with the knowledge:

the biological effects of radiation, illustrating the basic principles of radiobiology;
physical and technological principles of Single Photon Emission Tomography;
physical and technological principles of Positron Emission Tomography;
of the main methods for the verification of the quality of SPECT images;
of the main methods for the verification of the quality of PET images;
Quantification of uptake in PET exams;
Radiomic studies.

frontal lessons and experimental experience on nuclear medicine department

basic knowledge about radiation material interaction, and radiographic system and computer tomography

Attendance to the course is usually compulsory (consult the Academic Regulations of the Course of Studies)

The reference book is "Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA"

	Subjects	Text References
1	Course Presentation	teacher slide
2	Basic Physics for Nuclear Medicine	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
3	Radionuclide Production	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
4	Electronics knowledge for nuclear medicine scanners	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
5	Generic Performance measures	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
6	Physics in a radio pharmacy laboratory	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
7	Nuclear Medicine imaging devices	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
8	PET	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
9	PET/CT and SPECT/CT	Nuclear Medicine Physics - IAEA
10	Quantification in PET	teacher slide
11	Radiobiology	teacher slide
12	Computer Tomography	teacher slide
13	x ray production	teacher slide
14	research activities in nuclear medicine	teacher slide

Oral interview and a lecture on a chosen topic, accorded with teacher

The questions below are not an exhaustive list but are just a few examples.