ASP2024—Scientific Program of the 8th African School of Physics

Session

Medical physics

Jul 18, 2024, 9:30 AM

Conveners

Medical physics

• Marco Silari (Politecnico di Milano (IT))

Medical physics

• Marco Silari (Politecnico di Milano (IT))

Medical physics

• Rajaa Sebihi (MOhammed V University, Morocco)
• Marco Silari (Politecnico di Milano (IT))

Medical physics

• Rajaa Sebihi (MOhammed V University, Morocco)

Medical physics: Radioactivity, X-rays and radiation protection

• Rajaa Sebihi (MOhammed V University, Morocco)

73. Radiation measurements and dosimetry:

Marco Silari (Politecnico di Milano (IT))

7/18/24, 9:30 AM

• Brief historical introduction
• Directly and indirectly ionizing radiation, radioactivity, natural exposures
• The effects of ionizing radiation, deterministic and stochastic effects
• Radiological quantities and units, physical, protection and operational quantities
• Principles of radiation protection, justification, optimization and dose limitation, the ALARA principle
• Protection...

74. Radionuclide production and radiation therapy with particle accelerators

Marco Silari (Politecnico di Milano (IT))

7/18/24, 11:30 AM

Very brief historical introduction of particle accelerators and short overview of particle accelerators for medical uses
- Radionuclide production: production routes, production methods, decay equation, decay scheme, nuclear reactions, production rate and cross section, targetry
- Radiation therapy: external radiation therapy, cyber knife, IORT, IMRT, tomotherapy, hadron therapy

131. Radioactivity, X-rays and radiation protection

Rajaa Sebihi (MOhammed V University, Morocco)

7/18/24, 2:30 PM

130. The use of radiations in medical imaging and the treatment of patients

Rajaa Sebihi (MOhammed V University, Morocco)

7/19/24, 11:30 AM