This unit is normally undertaken as part of the Master of Medical Physics degree or in the Graduate Diploma in Medical Physics. Topics covered include the physical and biological aspects of the safe use of ionising radiation, physical principles and underlying shielding design instrumentation, international and legislative requirements for radiation protection are covered. Factors affecting dose response of tissue are considered along with radiobiological models describing characteristic behaviour.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Physics Academic Operations |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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Students should have basic undergraduate level physics and maths |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Sarah Alnaghy, sarah.alnaghy@sydney.edu.au |
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Laboratory supervisor(s) | Michael Smith, michael.l.smith@sydney.edu.au |
Lecturer(s) | Paul Charles, paul.charles@sydney.edu.au |
Kerwyn Foo, kerwyn.foo@sydney.edu.au | |
Dale Prokopovich, dale.prokopovich@sydney.edu.au | |
Siddharth Mehta, siddharth.mehta@sydney.edu.au | |
Will Rae, will.rae@sydney.edu.au | |
Rochelle McCredie, rochelle.mccredie@sydney.edu.au | |
Lois Holloway, lois.holloway@sydney.edu.au | |
Robin Hill, robin.hill@sydney.edu.au | |
Tutor(s) | Sianne Oktaria, s.oktaria@sydney.edu.au |