Course

PHYS-455: Introduction to medical radiation physics

Summary

This course covers the physical principles underlying medical diagnostic imaging (radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, SPECT, PET, MRI, US), 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.

Lectures

Instructor

François Bochud

Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Cyril Castella Courses Introduction to medical radiation physics PHYS-455 This course covers the physical principles underlying medical diagnostic imaging (radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, SPECT, PET, MRI, US), 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.

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/introduction-to-medical-radiation-physics-PHYS-455

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-455

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

François Bochud

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/introduction-to-medical-radiation-physics-PHYS-455

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-455

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