Work activity of the operating unit of Health Physics
Role of the Expert in Medical Physics and of the Qualified Expert in Health
Physics
Role of the TSRM in Health Physics
Reference regulations.
Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
Radiation-matter interaction: outline
Types of quality controls
Principles of justification and optimization
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: outline. MRI optimization, acceptance
criteria, quality checks and safety checks
Ultrasound: outline. Quality checks in ultrasound
Nuclear medicine: outline
Gamma camera. Quality control in a gamma camera
The gas detectors. Ionization chamber and dose calibrator
Radionuclides: half-life. Quality control of medicinal radiocompounds
Control of the disposal of nuclear medicine waste
Dosimetry for ionizing radiation. Radiometric quantities and dosimetric
quantities: outline. Absorbed dose, equivalent and effective dose.
Radiation protection. Dosimeters and detectors in radiation protection:
outline.
Radiological protection. Quality checks in radiology, equipment and
image display systems for quality checks.
Quality controls in angiography and in the operating room.
Quality controls and dosimetric quantities in computed tomography.
Badge film and thermoluminescent dosimeters.
