Exam in Medical Use of Radiation
Education
MSc Programme in Biomedical Engineering
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Open for credit transfer students and other external students. Apply here:
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Credit transfer student at SUND – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)
Other external students:
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Only a limited number of slots are available for credit transfer students and other external students
Exam (SMTK20004E)
- ECTS
- 5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Other, 4 timer
- Type of assessment details
- Written take-home exam, 4 hours
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Criteria for exam assessment
To pass the exam the student must be able to:
KNOWLEDGE
- account for rays' interaction with matter in regard to photons
- account for rays' interaction with matter in regard to particles
- account for the radio-biological conditions of rays' interaction with matter at the DNA/RNA level, the cellular level and at organ and whole-body levels
- account for radiation hygiene conditions associated with radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy
- describe the principle of medical cyclotrons and their use
- describe X-rays in diagnostic radiology, conventional projection radiography, analogous and digital detector systems, CT scanning
- describe SPECT and PET scanning, biokinetic models, the whole body counter
- describe radiotherapy using conventional dose planning and IMRT dose planning.
- describe models for dose planning, etc.
SKILLS
- calculate internal dosimetry using the MIRD model
COMPETENCIES
- use medical terminology related to diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy
Course type
Single subject courses (day)
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 50
- Preparation
- 101
- Practical exercises
- 30
- Exercises
- 26
- Project work
- 68
- English
- 275
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- SMTK20004E
- ECTS
- 5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedulegroup
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- Capacity
- Please see course description SMTK20003U
- Studyboard
- Study board from DTU
Contracting department
- Department of Clinical Medicine
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Liselotte Højgaard (19-706d77697073787869326c73696e6b656576684476696b6d73726c32686f)
Exams Coordinator: Hanne Niebe Thomsen:hanith@sund.ku.dk
If you need to contact the study secretary, please the Student Affairs Department contact information (list in Danish only): https://sund.ku.dk/kontakt/aus-medarbejderoversigt/#Studieservice
If you need to contact the study secretary, please the Student Affairs Department contact information (list in Danish only): https://sund.ku.dk/kontakt/aus-medarbejderoversigt/#Studieservice
Saved on the
04-04-2022
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