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MEDİKAL FİZİK COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
BCP208 MEDİKAL FİZİK 3 2 2 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Medical physics and imaging principles: intensity, resolution, contrast -
2 - X-ray physics: photon interactions, attenuation -
3 - X-ray physics: photon interactions, attenuation -
4 - X-ray imaging: x-ray production & detection, mammography, computed tomography -
5 - Nuclear medicine physics: radioactivity -
6 - Nuclear medicine imaging: radioisotope production, SPECT, PET -
7 - Nuclear medicine imaging: radioisotope production, SPECT, PET -
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 - Radiation exposure physics: radiobiology, dosimetry, kerma -
10 - Radiation exposure principles: safety, risk, radiation therapy, radiation protection -
11 - Ultrasound physics: waves, reflection, transmission, attenuation -
12 - Ultrasound imaging principles: echoes, resolution, speckle, Doppler -
13 - Nuclear magnetic resonance physics: magnetic moment, magnetization, relaxation -
14 - Nuclear magnetic resonance physics: magnetic moment, magnetization, relaxation -
15 - Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMRS) and imaging (MRI) principles: chemical shift, magnetic resonance signal induction and relaxation, pulse sequences, spatial encoding. -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -