APPARECCHIATURE DI MEDICINA NUCLEARE
Radioisotope production in Nuclear medicine
Production of activity Curves.
Mo-Tc generator: calculation of the eluable activity as a function of time and number of elutions
Cyclotron and problems about production of radioisotope for PET.
Specific Activity and problems related to this.
Types of decetors for nuclear medicine
NaI(Tl), LSO, BGO, GSO: physical features, Stopping Power, light production, temporal and energetic resolution.
NaI(Tl) for tyroid uptake: quality control
The gamma camera
Different types of gamma cameras, time coincidence gamma cameras, gamma cameras performance: spatial resolution, Energy resolution, counting efficiency, dead time, linearity, saturation count rate, accuracy of the Center of Rotation calibration: measurement methods.
PET tomograph
Physical and technical features, spatial resolution, Energy resolution, counting efficiency, dead time, linearity, saturation count rate, true and random coincidences: measurement methods, quality control according to the standard NEMA NU-2-2001.
Activity calibrator:Physical and tecnical features, quality control.
APPARECCHIATURE RADIOLOGICHE 2
Modalities producing digital images
Quality assessment of digital imaging
Dimensions of digital images
Digital imaging standards
Compression
Filters
Fourier
CR
DR
Computed Radiography: physics
Computed Radiography: technology
Computed tomography : physics
Computed tomography : image recconstruction
Computed tomography : technology
Spiral computed tomography
Multislice magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
MRI: physics
MRI: backprojection
MRI: technology
B mode sonography
Doppler velocimetry
Special techniques in sonography
RIS/PACS
Legal conservation of medical image
Italian laws
APPARECCHIATURE DI RADIOTERAPIA
X-ray tube features
X-ray production
Medical Ionizing radiation
Cobalt Machines
Terminology and concepts of radiation therapy
Concepts of: dose, depth dose curve, dose profiles, flatness, simmetry, isodose curves, isocenter.
Photon beams and Electron Beams.
LinacHead, Beam modification devices: blocks, MLC, wedge, dynamic wedge, compensator, bolus
Conventional simulator and tc-simulatorConcept of Virtual simulation and treatment planning using virtual simulation
Concept of GTV, CTV and PTV
Brachiterapy:
Brachitherapy with Selectron LDR machines and microSelectron HDR machines
Devices features and treatment planning description
IORT: different techniques for Intra Operative Radiation Therapy. Features of an Intraoperative electron radiation therapy accelerator.
Stereotactic radiosurgery and Stereotactic radiotherapy.
IMRT: definition of DVH and concept of optimisation
Basic concepts on a RapidArc plan
IGRT & GATING
Tomotherapy: features of machines for tomotherapy