COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 5047 PHYSICS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMPULSORY 3 2 0 4

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM KARADENIZ

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to teach subjects related imaging systems in diagnostic nuclear medicine, quality controls of SPECT-PET systems and imaging protocols.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe basic concepts of radiation physics.
2   Being able to list imaging systems in nuclear medicine.
3   Being able to express formation of images in SPECT and PET systems.
4   Being able to perform the acceptance tests and quality controls of SPECT and PET systems.
5   Being able to classify the radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine
6   Being able to classify the imaging protocols in nuclear medicine.
7   Being able to compare advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic imaging systems.
8   Being able to determine the reasons of image artifacts in SPECT and PET systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course: Subject of physics in nuclear medicine, basic concepts
2 Production of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals
3 Scintillation detectors
4 Electronic instrumentation for radiation detection systems
5 Nuclear counting statistics
6 Pulse-height spectrum
7 Gamma cameras and performance characteristics
8 Image quality in gamma cameras
9 MID-TERM EXAM
10 Quality control in gamma cameras
11 SPECT
12 Tomographic reconstruction in nuclear medicine
13 Quality control in SPECT
14 PET and Imaging protocols

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Nükleer Tıp Fiziği ve Klinik Uygulamaları (Mustafa Demir)
Auxiliary references:
Physics in Nuclear Medicine (Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps)
Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Imaging (Fred A. Mettler, Milton J. Guiberteau)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-Answer
3. Discussion
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores.
2. Final examination will be evaluated by assay or test type examination technique

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to attend to at least 70% of lessons.
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.karadeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday between 10:00-12:00 a.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Reading 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15444554
LO.25544
LO.355
LO.45
LO.554
LO.6444
LO.754
LO.8554

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