Medical Physics

Catalog description

Medical Physics is an applied branch of physics concerned with the application of concepts and methods to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. It allies with medical electronics, bioengineering, and health physics. Students will become familiar with major texts and literature of medical physics and be exposed to imaging and treatment techniques and quality control procedures. Students will acquire physical and scientific background to pose questions and solve medical physics problems. Topics include: Imaging, imaging metrics, ionizing radiation, radiation safety, radioactivity, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and Radiation Therapy (delivery systems, treatment planning, brachytherapy, image guidance).