RADIATION PROTECTION

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Biomedical Laboratory techniques
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2025/2026
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2025/2026
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
1
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (12 hours)

Oral examination

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Dosimetric and Radiometric quantities, Definitions of the following quantities: Absorbed dose, radiation weighting factors, tissue weighting factors, Equivalent dose, Effective Dose.
Radiation protections concepts: Risk, Damage, preventions, protection.
Conceptual construction of Radiation Protection: Optimization, justification, Individual dose limits, ICRU and ICRP reports, Euratom Directives, National Laws.
Ionizing Radiations: X, gamma, charged particles, neutrons, Interaction of radiation with matter, X-Rays production in medical applications: X-Ray tube and X-Rays medical machines, Radioactivity: Types os Decays, The decay Law, use of radioactive sources in medicine.
Optimization: Barriers, DPI, PDC, Operational Procedures.
Individual dose limits
Radiation Protection Implementation: Physical surveillance, individual dosimetry.

Dosimetric and Radiometric quantities, Definitions of the following quantities: Absorbed dose, radiation weighting factors, tissue weighting factors, Equivalent dose, Effective Dose.
Radiation protections concepts: Risk, Damage, preventions, protection.
Conceptual construction of Radiation Protection: Optimization, justification, Individual dose limits, ICRU and ICRP reports, Euratom Directives, National Laws.
Ionizing Radiations: X, gamma, charged particles, neutrons, Interaction of radiation with matter, X-Rays production in medical applications: X-Ray tube and X-Rays medical machines, Radioactivity: Types os Decays, The decay Law, use of radioactive sources in medicine.
Optimization: Barriers, DPI, PDC, Operational Procedures.
Individual dose limits
Radiation Protection Implementation: Physical surveillance, individual dosimetry.

Frontal lessons with slide projection and explanations

Slides and text given by teacher

Professors

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