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RAD 201
2 Unit(s) (LH 30)
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At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. explain the basic physical processes underpinning Radiography; 2. apply physical principles in understanding and practice of diagnostic medical imaging device...
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Fundamental and derived quantities and units. Equation of motion, concepts of force work
energy, power, momentum energy conservation. Fields, Electrostatics, Physical Factors governing
capacitance, charging and discharging capacitor and their uses in Radiological Equipment, basic
x-ray circuitry and many others. Basic computer Architecture and peripherals. Electromagnetic
and Electromagnetic induction, Lenz laws, Mutual and Self-induction. principles and construction
of the transformer. Transformer Parameters, uses of mutual and self-inductance in
autotransformers and High Tension transformers, AC theory and sources of electric power supply.
current electricity, solid state devices, Rectification, principles and uses in Radiology, concept of
energy. Atomic structure, Bohr’s atom elements of quantum mechanics applied to atom,
Heisenberg’s uncertainty theory, de Broglie wavelength, Schrodinger equation and configuration
of atoms. The nuclear structure and models, nuclear instability and radioactivity, Wave and
Quantum methods of Energy Transfer and applications in radiology, production of X-rays,
Radioactivity and radioactive decay, half-life, counters, units of activity and measurement, K-
capture. The atom, isotopes, isobars, isomers, nuclear binding energies, and inverse square law,
effects of filtration. Luminescence and their applications. Interaction of radiation (emr and
particulate radiation) with matter and their applications in medical imaging and radiotherapy.
Attenuation of radiation shielding and filtration.