Radiation Therapy Physics

The course provides the base for understanding physical principles within radiotherapy, focusing on clinical application. Important topics are: Equipment for generating/delivering ionizing electron- and photon radiation, clinical radiation dosimetry, characteristics and specifications of radiation fields, treatment planning (volume definitions, field setup, fractionations, modern techniques and dose calculation algorithms), brachytherapy, quality assurance, introduction to particles/heavy ions in radiotherapy and quantitative methods in radiooncology.

Students are introduced to the skills performed by medical physicists in Norwegian hospitals. The course provides knowledge about Equipment for generating electron and photon radiation, clinical dosimetry, volume definitions, techniques for treatment planning, quality assurance and posibilities and limtations related to treatment modalities like brachytherapy and particle therapy.

Lectures, including practical tasks/demonstrations (in Groups) within clinical dosimetry and treatment planning.