Fundamentos de Radioterapia e Medicina Nuclear (Fcul)

Objectives

At the end of this curricular unit, students should be able to, using as a basis the information acquired in their first cycle of studies: A. To describe the working principle of the main radiotherapy and nuclear medicine equipment B. To describe the equipment acceptance and commissioning tests C. To use equipment calibration methodologies based on international protocols and recommendations (ICRU, IAEA, etc); D. To explain the importance of quality assurance and control in diagnosis and therapy E. To explain the main techniques used in both areas, basic principles, advantages and disadvantages F. To describe the fundamental principles of radiobiology.

Syllabus

1. External radiotherapy equipment. 2. Physical properties of beams used in therapy. 3. Beam calibration methodologies and absorbed dose determination protocols. 4. Functionalities of a planning system. 5. ICRU Recommendations. 6. Equipment acceptance and commissioning tests, quality assurance and control methodologies. 7. Basic principles of radiobiology in radiotherapy. 8. Radiotherapy techniques. 9. Brachytherapy. 10. Brachytherapy planning protocols. 11. Sum of dose distributions - biological implications 12. Incidents, accidents and safety in radiotherapy 13. What is Nuclear Medicine 14. Production of Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals. 15. Radiation Detectors. 16. The Gamma Camera. 17. Image Reconstruction. 18. Single Photon Tomography. 19. Positron Emission Tomography. 20. Quality Assurance 21. Hybrid systems. 22. Kinetic models. 23. Artificial Intelligence.