Medical Physics and Engineering, 5 credits
Academic year 2023/2024
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Spring 2024, 33%, Campus
Start date: 15 January 2024
End date: 17 March 2024
Application deadline: 16 October 2023
Application code: UU-92004 Application
Language of instruction: The course will be taught in English, if needed
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)
Registration: Please contact the department.
Entry requirements: 60 credits in physics or engineering.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 10,833
Tuition fee, total: SEK 10,833
About the course
The course gives an overview of physics application in medicine for diagnostic and therapeutic aims. The described techniques include:
- X-ray tube and diagnostic X-ray
- accelerator technology for tumour treatment
- tomographic methods used for medical images, such as PET (Positron Emission Tomography), SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), CT (Computed Tomography) and MR (Magnetic Resonance)
- ultrasound
- the chemical and biological impact of ionising radiation
- dosimetric calculations
- risk estimations.
More information
Contact
Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology
Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20
Rudbecklaboratoriet, 751 85 UPPSALA