Course

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Course Id FIS425064
Course Nuclear Medicine Physics
Curriculum S1 FISIKA 2020
Credit 3
Course Type elective
Description THIS COURSE IS AN ELECTIVE COURSE FOR THE FIELD OF INTEREST IN MEDICAL PHYSICS. IT DISCUSSES THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, MEASUREMENT OF RADIATION DOSES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE, EXAMINATION OF THYROID AND KIDNEY FUNCTION, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION USING RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INCLUDING GAMMA CAMERA, SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT) AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET).