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Principles of Dosimetry and Radioation Protection - GB192

Title:	Základy dozimetrie a ochrany před zářením
Guaranteed by:	Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (16-16170)
Faculty:	Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	winter
Points:	0
E-Credits:	1
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:14/0, C [HS]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Is provided by:	GF214
Explanation:	(ZB prez.1.r.)
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	PharmDr. Lucie Smutná, Ph.D.

Examination dates WS schedule

Annotation -

Last update: PharmDr. Lucie Smutná, Ph.D. (21.09.2023)

During the lectures of Principles of Dosimetry and Radiation Protection students will get to know with basic characteristics of different types of ionizing radiation and different ways of its measurement . The subject is also focused on interactions of ionizing radiation with matter and its biological effects. Themes: Sources of radioactivity, Physical basis of radiation, Interaction of radiation with matter, Units and definitions used in dosimetry, Biological effects of ionizing radiation, Principles of radiation protection, Detection and measurement of radiation, Nuclear reactions.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: PharmDr. Lucie Smutná, Ph.D. (21.09.2023)

Condition necessary to gain credits is to pass credit test.

Literature -

Last update: PharmDr. Lucie Smutná, Ph.D. (21.09.2023)

Recommended:

Martin, Alan D. Harbison, Sam. An introduction to radiation protection. New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2006, 201 s. ISBN 0-340-88543-2.

Lázníčková, Alice, Lázníček, Milan. Principles of Dosimetry and Radiation Protection. : Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, 2008, 37 s. ISBN .

Lázníček, Milan, Komárek, Pavel. Základy radiofarmacie. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 106 s. ISBN 80-7184-781-X.

ICRP reports [online]. Dostupné z: http://www.icrp.org/

Syllabus -

Last update: PharmDr. Lucie Smutná, Ph.D. (21.09.2023)

Introduction to radiation protection

Radiation dose and units
Sources of radiation and radiation background
Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
Organizations in radiation protection

Physical basis of radiation

Elements, atomic and mass number
Law of radioactive decay
Half-life of radioactive decay
Specific activity
α, β and γ decay
Decay schemes

Interaction of radiation with matter

Directly and indirectly ionizing radiation
Process and consequences of interaction of α and β particles with matter
Process and consequences of interaction of γ and X-rays with matter
Process and consequences of interaction of neutrons with matter

Dosimetric definitions and units

Absorbed dose
Equivalent dose
Effective dose
Collective effective dose

Biological effects of radiation

Linear energy transfer
Direct and indirect effects of radiation
Biological effects of radiation
Influence of radiation on the cell cycle
Radiosensitivity
Acute and delayed deterministic effect of radiation
Stochastic effects of radiation

Principles of radiation protection

Internal and external radiation hazard
Main principles of radiation protection (distance, time and shielding)
Half-value layer
Effective half-life
Dose limits
Personal dosimeters
Basic principles of radiation protection in laboratory

Detection and measurement of radiation

Principle and utilization of gas-filled detectors (ionization chamber and Geiger-Müller counter)
Principle and usage of scintillation detectors

Nuclear reactions

Process of fission reactions
Nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants
Linear particle accelerators and cyclotrons

Radionuclide generators