Course Catalog 2007-2008

LTT-3206 RADIOTHERAPY DEVICES, 3 cr
Radiotherapy Devices

Courses persons responsible
Hannu Eskola

Lecturers
Hannu Eskola
Special teachers.

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 3 h/week - -
Exercise - - - 1 h/week - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
To give fundamentals of operation and effects of therapeutic devices producing fields and radiation.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Physical and biological effects of radiation on tissue.       
2. Operation principles of radiotherapy devices.        
3. Dose planning in radiotherapy.       

Requirements for completing the course
Final exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Online book Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students E.B. Podgorsak (ed.)     On the Internet Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    LTT-3307 LTT-3307 Radiation Physics 3 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

    The availability and the required chapters of the online text book are announced on the course homepage.

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 40 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 45
    Exercises 18
    Information and communication technology 5
    Other contact teaching 2

    Other scaledHours
    Preparation for exam 10
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 83

    Additional information related to course
    LTT-3206 replaces the course LTT-3200.

    Correspondence of content
    LTT-3200 Radiotherapy Devices

    Course homepage

    Last modified 28.02.2007
    Modified byJuha Nousiainen