Inhaltsbereich
Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications – Overview
About the lecture
Time and place
The lecture will be held in person!Tuesday, 8:30 - 10:00 s.t., Lecture Room H 537, Schellingstrasse 4, 5th floor
Begin: 26.04.2022
End: 26.07.2022
Registration via LSF requested
Welcome to the Lecture on "Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications" in the Summer Term 2022 !
Content of the Lecture:
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Overview of detector systems for Medical Imaging
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Basic physical interactions of particles and radiation with matter
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Gas-filled (ionization) detectors
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Scintillation Detectors
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Basics of Positron Emission Tomography
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Semiconductor detectors: Silicon
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Semiconductor detectors: Germanium
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Electronic detector readout and signal processing
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Radiochromic films and Thermoluminiscence detectors
Recommended Literature:
1. Glenn F. Knoll: Radiation Detection and Measurement, J. Wiley & Sons, 4th ed., 2010
2. W. Schlegel, J. Bille (Hrsg.): Medizinische Physik 2: Medizinische Strahlenphysik, Springer, 2002
3. Hanno Krieger: Strahlungsmessung und Dosimetrie, Vieweg + Teubner, 1. Aufl. 2011
Lecture examination: Details will be included in the 'News' section
- Please register for the lecture examination by sending an email to Peter.Thirolf@lmu.de, indicating all relevant information to be inserted on the certificate (name, enrollment number, study course, date/place of birth, place of residence).
Verantwortlich für den Inhalt: P. Thirolf