| Module code | RPH 200 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Module content | X-ray generation: atomic physics, thermodynamics, X-ray tubes, linear accelerators. Image formation and recording: optics, image intensifiers, solid state physics, digital imaging display and storage systems, image quality and patient dose. Radioactivity: nuclear nomenclature, half-life, activity, decay modes and nuclear processes, nuclide chart and decay. Production of radioisotopes: Nuclear reactions, production facilities (cyclotrons, reactors, and accelerators). Interactions of ionising radiation with matter: charged particles, neutrons, photons, attenuation coefficients, photo-electric Compton contribution. Radiation Detection: detectors (Geiger, scintillation, TLD, semiconductor, ionisation chamber), counting (spectroscopy, efficiency, statistics), protection. Dosimetry: units, exposure, dose, absorbed dose, equivalent dose, effective dose, dose limits. |
| Module credits | 20.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | RPH 100 |
| Contact time | 3 lectures per week |
| Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
| Department | Physics |
| Period of presentation | Year |
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