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HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine Didactic Curriculum |
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| TITLE: | Physics and Instrumentation in Nuclear Medicine 2001/2002 |
| INSTRUCTORS: | R.E. Zimmerman, SC. Moore, R.D. Badawi, J.A. Correia, G. El Fakhri |
| TEXTBOOK: | Physics in Nuclear Medicine, 2nd ed. 1987, Sorenson & Phelps |
| OBJECTIVES: | To provide a firm understanding of radiological physics as applied to nuclear medicine and a thorough understanding of how nuclear medicine instrumentation works. |
| TIME: | Lectures: 8:00am - 9:00am Laboratories: 8:00am - 5:00pm |
| LOCATION: | Hollenberg Conference Room Brigham and Women's Hospital Thorn Research Building - 3rd Floor |
| Text pp. | Faculty | Topic | ||
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| Sept | 5 | 1-13 | S.C. Moore | Introduction: Atomic Structure |
| 7 | 13-21 | R.E. Zimmerman | Nuclear Structure | |
| 10 | 22-37 | R.E. Zimmerman | Modes of Radioactive Decay | |
| 12 | 38-55 | R.E. Zimmerman | Decay of Radioactivity | |
| 14 | S.C. Moore | PROBLEM SET 1 Atomic and Nuclear Structure |
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| 17 | 56-83 | R.E. Zimmerman | Radiation Detectors | |
| 19 | 84-112 | R.E. Zimmerman | Electronic Instrumentation | |
| 21 | D.J. deVries | PROBLEM SET 2 Radioactive Decay |
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| 24 | S.C. Moore | Survey Meters, Dose, Exposure | ||
| 26 | 115-142 | D.J. deVries | Nuclear Counting Statistics | |
| 28 | D.J. deVries | Statistics (continued) | ||
| Oct | 1 | S.C. Moore |
LABORATORY HP Measurements Gas Detectors |
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| 3 | 161-177 | G. El Fakhri | Charged Particle Interactions | |
| 5 | D.J. deVries | PROBLEM SET 3 Counting Statistics |
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| 8 | Columbus Day Holiday | |||
| 10 | 178-196 | G. El Fakhri | Photon Interactions | |
| 12 | G. El Fakhri | PROBLEM SET 4 Charged Particle Interactions |
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| 15 | G. El Fakhri | Photon Interactions (continued) Attenuation, HVL |
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| 17 | 219-237 | R.E. Zimmerman | Pulse-Height Spectroscopy | |
| 19 | G. El Fakhri | PROBLEM SET 5 Photon Interactions |
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| 22 | 238-259 | R.E. Zimmerman | Detection and Measurement | |
| 24 | 261-297 | S.C. Moore | Counting Systems | |
| 26 | D.J. deVries | PROBLEM SET 6 Detectors |
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| 29 | G. El Fakhri | Review Math for Tomographyy | ||
| 31 | 391-434 | G. El Fakhri | Tomography | |
| Nov | 2 | R.E. Zimmerman |
LABORATORY Planar Gamma Camera |
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| 5 | 298-360 | R.E. Zimmerman | Gamma Cameras | |
| 7 | R.E. Zimmerman | Gamma Cameras (continued) Collimators |
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| 9 | R.E. Zimmerman | PROBLEM SET 7 Pulse-Height Spectroscopy |
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| 12 | Veteran's Day Holiday | |||
| 14 | R.E. Zimmerman | Quality Control (handouts) | ||
| 16 | S.C. Moore | LABORATORY SPECT |
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| 19 | G. El Fakhri | Tomography (continued) | ||
| 21 | R.D. Badawi | PET Intstumentation | ||
| 23 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| 26 | R.E. Zimmerman | PROBLEM SET 8 Anger Camera Quality Control (continued) |
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| 28 | R.D. Badawi | PET Instrumentation (continued) | ||
| 30 | G. El Fakhri | PROBLEM SET 9 Tomographjy |
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| Dec | 3 | J.A. Correia/MGH | PET | |
| 5 | J.A. Correia/MGH | PET | ||
| 7 | J.A. Correia/MGH | PET | ||
| 10 | J.A. Correia/MGH | PET | ||
| 12 | R.D. Badawi | LABORATORY PET |
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| 14 | R.D. Badawi | Ballon Debate Prepration |
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| 17 | R.E. Zimmerman | FINAL EXAMINATION | ||
| 19 | R.E. Zimmerman | EXAMINATION REVIEW | ||