Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications – Overview

Welcome to the Lecture on "Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications"  in the Summer Term 2023 !

Content of the Lecture:

• Overview of detector systems for Medical Imaging

• Basic physical interactions of particles and radiation with matter

• Gas-filled (ionization) detectors

• Scintillation Detectors

• Basics of Positron Emission Tomography

• Semiconductor detectors: Silicon

• Semiconductor detectors: Germanium

• Electronic detector readout and signal processing

• 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).