110 http://isa.epfl.ch/imoniteur_ISAP/ itffichecours.txt?path=EPFL.Etu.FicheCours.HeaderFR itffichecours.txt?path=EPFL.Etu.FicheCours.GlobalNav_js fr 2026 945571 6683147 945571 2305107546 2305107546 0 0 Physique PH SB Faculté des sciences de base School of Basic Sciences !itffichecours.htm?ww_i_matiere=1803668078&ww_x_anneeAcad=2305107546&ww_i_section=945571&ww_i_niveau=6683147 1696552884 1696552963 2024-2025 COURSE BOOKLET PHYS-455 Introduction to medical radiation physics Introduction to medical radiation physics Lecturers Bochud François Language of teaching English Cursus Nuclear engineering(2024-2025, PH-NE - Master 2024)
SemesterMand.OptionFilières
MA1x
 Credits 4 Session Winter Workload 120h Exam Written Number of positions Semester Fall Weeks 14 Hours 3 weekly
Courses 2 weekly
Exercises 1 weekly
Study planSemesterMand.OptionFilières
Génie nucléaire 2024-25MA1x
Cursus Sem. Type
Nuclear engineering MA1 Opt.
Summary This course covers the physical principles underlying medical diagnostic imaging (radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, SPECT, PET, MRI), radiation therapy and radiopharmacy. The focus is not only on risk and dose to the patient and staff, but also on an objective description of the image quality. Content

Medical applications of ionizing radiations

Physics of medical imaging

Risk and radiation

Radiography & Mammography

Computer tomography (CT)

Radioscopy

Receiver operating characteristics (ROC)

Planification of a radiotherapy treatment

Radiotherapy treatment devices

Imaging in radiotherapy and advanced treatment techniques

Radiopharmaceutical products

Physics of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Physics of positron emission tomography (PET)

 

 Keywords

medical imaging, radiation therapy, risk, radiopharmacy

 

 Learning Prerequisites Recommended courses

This course has many synergies with the Radiation biology, protection and applications course where the basics of radiation physics and some aspects of radiation protection are very useful to follow the present course.

 Learning Outcomes By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
  • Describe the main parts of an x-ray device from a physical point of view
  • Describe the main differences between the radiography units and the fluoroscopy units
  • Explain the principle of CT image acquisition
 Teaching methods

Ex-cathedra with integrated individual exercises

 Assessment methods

Written, Multiple Choice Question exam

 Resources Bibliography

Course in general

  • William R. Hendee and E. Russell Ritenour, "Medical Imaging Physics", Wiley-Liss, 4th edition, 2002
  • The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, Third Edition, Jerrold T. Bushberg, J. Anthony Seibert, Edwin M. Leidholdt Jr., John M. Boone, Lippicott 2012

Radiopharmaceutical products

  • Philip Elsinga, Sergio Todde, Ivan Penuelas, Geerd Meyer, Brit Farstad, Alain Faivre-Chauvet, Renata Mikolajczak, Gerrit Westera, Tanja Gmeiner-Stopar, Clemens Decristoforo, Radiopharmacy Committee of the EANM, "Guidance on current good radiopharmacy practice (cGRPP) for the small-scale preparation of radiopharmaceuticals", Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2010, DOI 10.1007/s00259-010-1407-3

Physics of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

  • SPECT in the Year 2000: Basic Principles MarkW. Groch and William D. Erwin, J Nucl Med Technol 2000; 28:233–244
  • Physics in nuclear medicine, S.R. Cherry, J.A. Sorenson, M.E. Phelps, Saunders Elsevier 2012 (forth edition)

Physics of positron emission tomography (PET)

  • Positron Emission Tomography: A Review of Basic Principles, Scanner Design and Performance, and Current Systems Pat Zanzonico, Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, Vol XXXIV, No 2 (April), 2004: pp 87-111
  • Physics in nuclear medicine, S.R. Cherry, J.A. Sorenson, M.E. Phelps, Saunders Elsevier 2012 (forth edition)

Dose to the patient

  • Effective Doses in Radiology and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: A Catalog, Fred A. Mettler et al. Radiology: Volume 248: Number 1—July 2008

Risk and radiation

  • T. Rob Goodman, Maxwell Amurao, "Medical Imaging Radiation Safety for the Female Patient: Rationale and Implementation", RadioGraphics 2012; 32:1829–1837
  • Francis R. Verdun, François Bochud, François Gudinchet, Abbas Aroua, Pierre Schnyder, Reto Meuli, "Radiation Risk: What You Should Know to Tell Your Patient", Radiographics 2008; 28:1807–1816

Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) and hypothesis testing

  • Anvari A, Halpern EF, Samir AE. Statistics 101 for Radiologists. RadioGraphics 35:1789-1801 (2015)

Radiation therapy

  • E. Podgorsak, Radiation Oncology Physics: a handbook for teachers and students, IAEA, 2005, https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1196_web.pdf
 Ressources en bibliothèque
  • Medical Imaging Physics / Hendee & Ritenourhttp://library.epfl.ch/en/beast?isbn=9780471221159
  • The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging / Bushberghttp://library.epfl.ch/en/beast?isbn=9781975103224
  • Physics in nuclear medicine / Cherryhttp://library.epfl.ch/en/beast?isbn=9781416051985
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