BRFY0211p Physics (Including Math, Statistics and Scientific research in Math)-lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc. (lecturer)
Jitka Halouzková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc.
Timetable
Fri 13:00–13:50 KRNM N02015
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course which is a continuation of a first-semester course with the same name, the student should be able to:
explain the principles of selected imaging and other physical mwethods in medicine; understand the action of ionising radiation on both normal and tumour tissues; recognise the risks connected with the use of ionizing radiation in medicine - both for patients and the healthcare professionals; understand the physical principles of dosimetry and the dosimetric quantities.
Syllabus
  • 1. Heat energy in diagnostics and therapy: Heat and temperature in thermodynamics heat exchange mechanisms – thermoregulation – thermotherapy/hydrotherapy – delivery of heat by alternating current and electromagnetic fields – thermal effects of ultrasound – body temperature measurement - thermography.
  • 2. Ultrasound: Physical principles of ultrasonography and ultrasound Doppler methods – ultrasound therapy – shock waves in medicine. Ultrasonic cavitation.
  • 3. Tomography: Main tomographic methods used in medicine – CT, SPECT, PET, MRI.
  • 4. Dosimetry: Primary and secondary radiation, linear energy transfer (LET), dosimetric quantitites, dose equivalent, effective dose, dosimetric principles and apparatuses.
  • 5. Radiation chemistry: Radiation chemistry of water, expression of yield, scanvengers, Fricke dosimeter, direct and indirect action, damage and repair of DNA, repair fidelity
  • 6. Theories and models for cell survival: Survival curves, single hit, multi-target, molecular model, linear-qaudratic (LQ) model, dual radiation action theory, repair-misreapir model of cell survival, etc.
  • 7. Radiosensitivity and radioresistance: Modification of the radiation response – temperature, oxygen effect, thiols, aromatic nitrocompounds
  • 8. Radiation biology of normal tissues: Stochastic and deterministic effects, acute and late effects. Cell death, cell population radiation damage, models for cell survival, assay models for normal tissues in vivo, sorting tissues according the types of response (F, H, F-H and tumour). Acute radiation response in mammals.
  • 9. Radiation biology of tumour tissues: tumor population growth theory, models for cell survival.
  • 10. Late effects on normal tissues: Effects on individual organs, effects of fractionation and protraction of the exposure, fractionation in radiotherapy.
  • 11. Radiation carcinogenesis.
  • 12. Patient Safety: Protection of the Patient from Ionizing Radiation, Quality Healthcare: Image Quality and Diagnostic Accuracy in X-Ray Imaging (XRI)
  • 13. Natural and artificial sources of radiation. Occupational Safety When Using Medical Devices.
Literature
  • MORNSTEIN, Vojtěch, Ivo HRAZDIRA and Aleš BOUREK. Lékařská fyzika a informatika : (se zaměřením na zubní lékařství). [1. vydání]. Brno: Neptun, 2007, 352 stran. ISBN 9788086850023. info
Assessment methods
Oral final exam
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2020.
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