MEDPH 452 - Fundamentals of Applied Dosimetry

3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-0-0)

Theory and practical techniques of external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. Topics include single and multiple external beams, scatter analysis, inhomogeneity corrections, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), dose calculation algorithms, fundamentals of brachytherapy, and brachytherapy dosimetry systems. Credit can be obtained in at most one of MEDPH 452 and ONCOL 552. Restricted to undergraduate students in the Honors Physics degree. Prerequisite: MEDPH 450 and consent of the Department.

ONCOL 552 - Fundamentals of Applied Dosimetry

3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-0-0)

Theory and practical techniques of external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. Topics include single and multiple external beams, scatter analysis, inhomogeneity corrections, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), dose calculation algorithms, fundamentals of brachytherapy, and brachytherapy dosimetry systems. Prerequisite: ONCOL 550.

ONCOL 566 - Radiation Biophysics

3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-0-0)

Current theories and models of cellular responses to ionizing radiation. Modification of radiation response. Radiobiology of normal and neoplastic tissue systems. Late effects of radiation on normal tissue. Radiobiological modeling of normal tissue complication, probability and tumor control probability.

ONCOL 554 - Laboratory in Medical Radiation Physics

2 units (fi 4)(SPR/SUM, 0-0-4)

Practical aspects of medical physics as applied to radiation therapy. Exposure to the operation of various therapy machines and dose measuring equipment. Application of techniques to measure physical parameters of radiation beams. Introduction to radiation treatment planning with techniques for specific tumor sites. Prerequisite: ONCOL 550. Corequisite: ONCOL 552.