Medical Physics

Core Courses

The Key Courses in the Master's Program in Medical Physics are:

- Radiation Physics: Understanding the properties and interactions of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation with matter, and their applications in medical physics.

- Medical Imaging: Physical principles and techniques used in medical imaging, including radiology, PET, scintigraphy, and other medical imaging modalities.

- Medical Instruments: Physical principles and techniques of design and use of medical instruments, including radiotherapy and medical imaging equipment.

- Dosimetry in Medical Physics: Study of methods for measuring and calculating radiation dose absorbed by biological tissues.

- Radiotherapy: Physical principles and techniques of planning and dosimetry for radiotherapy treatments.

- Nuclear Medicine: Study of physical principles and techniques used in nuclear medicine, including production and use of radioisotopes.

- Radiation Protection: Application of physical principles to protect people and the environment from ionizing radiation risks.

- Medical Image Processing: Understanding and study of techniques used to process and analyze medical images, including segmentation, registration, and 3D reconstruction.

- Statistics and Data Analysis in Medical Physics: Statistical techniques and data analysis for interpreting results in medical physics.

- Research Methodology in Medical Physics: Study of principles and methods used to design and conduct research projects in medical physics.

 

Advanced Topics

1. Medical Imaging:

-      Study of medical imaging techniques, including X-ray radiography, positron emission tomography (PET), scintigraphy, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

-      Study of machine learning techniques for medical image processing, including segmentation, registration, and 3D reconstruction.

-      Study of analysis techniques, such as tissue texture analysis and shape recognition.

-      Study of medical image fusion techniques, such as fusion of MRI and PET images.

2. Radiotherapy: Advanced radiotherapy techniques enable precise and effective treatment of tumors while minimizing side effects.

-      Conformal radiotherapy (RC): uses conformal radiation beams to precisely target the tumor.

-      Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT): uses intensity-modulated radiation beams.

-      Dynamic arc radiotherapy (VMAT): delivers radiation dose to the tumor with high precision, reshaping the tumor and adapting to its shape.

-      Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT): delivers high radiation dose to the tumor in a single or few fractions with high precision.

-      Proton therapy (PT): uses proton beams.

-      Heavy ion therapy (HIT): uses heavy ion beams, such as carbon.

3. Nuclear Medicine: Involves the study and application of specialized techniques, including:

-      Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for diagnosing diseases and visualizing biological processes.

-       Scintigraphy for functional and structural study of organs and tissues.

-      Radioisotope therapy, or vectorized internal radiotherapy (RIV), for treating certain diseases, such as cancer, using radioactive isotopes to destroy cancer cells.

4. Radiation Protection: Study of advanced radiation protection techniques, including protection against ionizing radiation, dose monitoring, and radioactive waste management.

5. Advanced Medical Instrumentation Physics: Study of physical principles and techniques used to design and use advanced medical instruments, such as radiotherapy and medical imaging equipment.

6. Research and Development in Medical Physics: Study of principles and methods used to design and conduct research and development projects in medical physics.