480-4052/01 – Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation (DoIZ)

Gurantor department	Department of Physics	Credits	5
Subject guarantor	Mgr. Radim Uhlář, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Mgr. Radim Uhlář, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory type A
Year	1	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2024/2025	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	FEI, USP	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
UHL72	Mgr. Radim Uhlář, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit and Examination	2+3

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

To get knowledge of basic dosimetric quantities and methods of their determination.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Experimental work in labs

Summary

The subject is focused on basic concepts of dosimetry, dosimetric quantities and their measurement and calculations with an emphasis on practical issues in radiation protection.

Compulsory literature:

GUPTA, Tapan. Radiation, ionization, and detection in nuclear medicine. Heidelberg: Springer, 2013. ANDREO, Pedro, et al. Fundamentals of ionizing radiation dosimetry. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.ISBN 978-3-527-40921-1.

Recommended literature:

VALENTIN, J., et al. The 2007 recommendations of the international commission on radiological protection. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2008. ANTONI, Rodolphe a BOURGOIS, Laurent. Applied physics of external radiation exposure: dosimetry and radiation protection. Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering. Cham: Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-48658-1.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Completing of selected tasks. Combined exam.

E-learning

Other requirements

Active participation in lectures and measurements.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Radiation field, fluence. 2. Basic dosimetric quantities. 3. Biological effects of ionizing radiation. 4. Intrinsic contamination, ingestion and inhalation. 5. Aims and basic principles of radiation protection. 6. Radiation monitors and personal dosimeters. 7. Execursion to a personal dosimetry service laboratory. 8. Diagnostic and therapeutic irradiation. 9. Radon in buildings. 10. Irradiation from natural sources (building materials, water). 11. Irradiation from natural sources (foodstuffs). 12. Practical dosimetric measurements. 13. Dosimetric calculations.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2024/2025 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination	Credit and Examination	100	51
Credit	Credit
Examination	Examination			3

Mandatory attendence participation:

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty
2024/2025	(N0533A110006) Applied Physics			TJF	P	Czech	Ostrava	1			Choice-compulsory type A	study plan

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