Physics for Nuclear Medicine Technology 1

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3 Lab Hours Prerequisites: MAT 108 and PHY 100 Description This course is for students in the Nuclear Medicine Technology program. Students study basic principles of physics used in radioisotope diagnosis and therapy. Students also explore the atoms and nuclides, radiation counting and detection, radioactive decay, laws and modes of decay, half-life, properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation and its production, X-ray techniques and production. The laboratory component introduces data reduction procedures and reinforces concepts presented in lectures.