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Radiation Production and Detection

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Typically OfferedSpring
LevelAdvanced
StudentsUndergraduate, advanced
Credits4.00
L&S CreditCounts for L&S degree

Fundamental physics of ionizing radiation production and detection applied to medical science. Topics: scintillator/semiconductor detectors, ionizing radiation detectors, charged and neutral particles for external beam radiotherapy, production of radionuclides with cyclotron and linear accelerators for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, radiochemistry, and X-ray tube physics.

Prerequisites: B M E/H ONCOL/MED PHYS/PHYSICS 501

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SecInstructorTimePlace
001Wesley Culberson
Jonathan Engle
Michael Speidel
R 09:55 am - 11:55 am1022 Wimr