PHYS 482 Introduction to Medical Physics
The course provides the basic aspects of medical imaging physics, radiation oncology, radiation biology and dosimetry. The course discusses the physics of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, applications in medical techniques such as x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy machine. The course also covers image quality parameters such as resolution, contrast, noise, MTF and artefacts in medical imaging.
Prerequisite
PHYS 321, PHYS 340, PHYS 381