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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Technical equipment in radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy - EAP0101440
Title: Technical equipment in radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy
Guaranteed by: Klinika zobrazovacích metod (14-440)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/1, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: yes
Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / unlimited
Key competences: 4EU+ Flagship 1
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: distance
Level:  
For type:  
Additional information: https://lms.lfp.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=251
Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Jiří Ferda, Ph.D.
prof. MUDr. Jan Baxa, Ph.D.
Is pre-requisite for: EAP0101020, EAP0102080
Annotation
The course contains basic information about the effects of ionizing radiation and routinely used imaging methods and radiotherapy.

The main purpose of the course is to provide a comprehensive source of information from an important area on the border of theoretical disciplines (physics and biology) and clinical diagnostics and therapy. In these clinical disciplines, physical processes are applied in practice and their knowledge is necessary to understand the methodology and potential adverse effects in clinical medical practice. At the same time, medical technology is an essential part of both diagnostics and radiotherapy.
Last update: Ferda Jiří, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2020)
Course completion requirements

The condition for passing the seminar is to fulfill the conditions of the final test.

Last update: Ferda Jiří, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2020)
Teaching methods - Czech

Asynchronous learning using a moodle course.

The student completes the course on their own, which ends with an online test. Completion is limited to a semester.

Last update: Křikavová Lenka, Ing. (29.05.2026)
Syllabus
  1. Ionizing radiation, origin, properties
  2. Interactions of ionizing radiation with matter and radiobiology
  3. Sources of ionizing radiation in medicine, protection against ionizing radiation
  4. X-ray devices, fluoroscopy and skiagraphy
  5. Computed tomography (CT)
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR)
  7. Ultrasonography (USG)
  8. Gamma camera and single photon emission tomography (SPECT)
  9. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  10. Hybrid imaging methods
  11. Methods of photon therapy
  12. Methods brachytherapy
    Final test
Last update: Ferda Jiří, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2020)
Learning resources

Moodle course

Last update: Ferda Jiří, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2020)
Learning outcomes -

Students will acquire the basic knowledge about ionizing radiation and after completing all subchapters should be able to explain or describe the following words:

  1. characteristics of ionizing radiation, corpuscular radiation, electromagnetic waves, radioactive decay, activity, half-life, alpha decay, beta plus decay, beta minus decay, gamma decay, electron capture, isomeric transition, X radiation formation, characteristic radiation , X-ray energy, X-ray spectrum
  2. coherent scattering, Compton effect, photoelectric effect, formation of electron-positron pair, inverse photoelectric effect, physical, chemical and biological effects, deterministic effects, stochastic effects, differences in effects of ionizing radiation of corpuscular and electromagnetic radiation, differences in effect according to radiation energy ionizing radiation therapy
  3. radionuclides used in medicine, sources of ionizing radiation in radiology, radiation sources for radiotherapy, dosimetry, absorbed dose, equivalent dose, effective dose, comparison of doses from diagnostic examinations in radiology and nuclear medicine, radiation planning, radiation protection, justification, optimization, dose limits , security of resources, personal protection, controlled zone, monitored zone
  4. X-ray tube construction, primary beam, secondary radiation, skiagraphy, primary and secondary aperture, high voltage generator, X - ray detection, digital radiography, direct digital radiography, digital archiving, PACS, fluoroscopy, C - arm, angiography, image manipulation, digital subtraction, contrast media function, use of radiography and fluoroscopy in medicine
  5. computed tomograph construction, detector system, spiral and multidetector computed tomography, raw and image data, image reconstruction, Hounsfield scale, spectral analysis by CT, image data manipulation, CT scan, basics of contrast media in computed tomography, use computed tomography in medicine
  6. nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon, nuclear spin, Larmor frequency, precession, longitudinal magnetization, transverse magnetization, relaxation time, T1 relaxation time, T2 relaxation time, T1 and T2 weighted images, proton density, imaging sequences, magnetic resonance scanner design, superconducting magnet, emitting and receiving coils, safety principles in MR examination, principle of using contrast agents, use of magnetic resonance in medicine
  7. basic principles of ultrasonography imaging, concepts of mechanical waves and ultrasound, basic physical properties, ultrasound probe and explain its function, basic types of ultrasound imaging, B-mode and Doppler ultrasonography, advanced ultrasonography applications, three-dimensional ultrasonography, contrast ultrasonography and ultrasound elastography
  8. gamma radiation detection, scintillation crystal, scintillation camera, gamma camera imaging, radiation energy and imaging, planar scintigraphy, continuous recording, matrix recording, SPECT imaging, radionuclides usable for scintigraphy and SPECT imaging, basics use of gamma cameras and SPECT in medicine
  9. use of radionuclides for positron emission tomography, detector system, imaging differences between PET, SPECT and CT, transmission and emission scanning, attenuation correction, corrected and uncorrected images, image fusion, basics of PET use in medicine
  10. basic principles of hybrid imaging, "anatomical" and "metabolic" imaging, SPECT / CT - device design and medical applications, PET / CT - device design and medical applications, PET/MRI device design and medical applications
  11. basic principles of linear accelerator, radiation energy used in photon therapy, dosimetry and radiation plan, stereotactic irradiation, Cyberknife principle, basics of photon therapy in medicine
  12. brachytherapy principle, brachytherapy plan, basics of brachytherapy in medicine

Last update: Křikavová Lenka, Ing. (22.07.2025)
 
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