Valid for: 2014/15
Decided by: Education Board A
Date of Decision: 2014-04-07
Elective for: BME4-bf
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The course will provide future engineers an introduction to radiation therapy, as a basis for communicating with other health care professionals and working for a safe and effective use of radiotherapy equipment.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
be able to discuss and develop quality assurance programs, including monitoring of both equipment and working methods, so that each patient is ensured that the absorbed dose in the target volume is consistent with the prescribed absorbed dose, within acceptable limits.
Brief history, Overview of clinical external radiotherapy and brachytherapy. Medical linear accelerators and radiation sources in radiotherapy. Radiation beam characteristics. Treatment planning and dose calculations, intensitymodulated radiotherapy and optimisation, gating, and image-guided radiotherapy. Radiotherapy with protons, light ions, and neutrons. Dosimetry protocols (IAEA) and beam quality concepts. Quality assurance and quality control, acceptance testing/commissioning and periodic checks of radiotherapy equipment. Accidents and incidents in radiotherapy.
Grading scale: TH
Assessment: For a grade 3 the student must pass a written exam.
Required prior knowledge: Mandatory Courses in the BME-Programme
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Crister Ceberg, crister.ceberg@med.lu.se