Radiological physics and dosimetry

Topics

• 1.1Atomic and nuclear structure
• 1.2Classification of radiation
• 1.3Quantities and units to describe radiation fields
• 1.4Quantities and units to describe radiation interactions
• 1.5Indirectly ionizing radiation: photons
  • 1.5.1Exponential attenuation
  • 1.5.2Photon interactions
• 1.6Indirectly ionizing radiation: neutrons
  • 1.6.1Neutron interactions
• 1.7Directly ionizing radiation (electrons, protons, others)
  • 1.7.1Interactions of directly ionizing radiation
• 1.8Radioactive decay
• 1.9Charged particle equilibrium
• 1.10Radiation dosimetry — general
• 1.11Radiation dosimetry — calorimetry
• 1.12Radiation dosimetry — chemical
• 1.13Cavity theory
• 1.14Ionization chambers
  • 1.14.1Calibration of photon and electron beams with ionization chambers
• 1.15Dosimetry and phantoms for special beams
• 1.16In vivo dosimetry (TLD, OSL)
• 1.17Relative dosimetry methods
• 1.18Neutron dosimetry
• 1.19Pulse mode detectors