COE COURSES - DATA COLLECTION FORM FOR AEFIS
Course:
B M E 566 - Physics of Radiotherapy
Prerequisite(s):
Med Phys 501
Dept Code:
Credits:
Contact Hours
207
4
0.0
This Data for most recent offering in Spring 2011-2012
A) What Type of Course is this? (check only one):
☒Required for Medical Physics students
☐Elective
☒Selected Elective for BME students
JERAJ,ROBERT
First Taught:
Summer 1998-99
B) Brief Topics to Be Covered (required):
Ionizing radiation use in radiation therapy to cause controlled biological effects in cancer patients. Physics of the
interaction of the various radiation modalities with body-equivalent materials, and physical aspects of clinical
applications; lecture and lab.
C) ABET Outcomes to Be Covered (required) (check ALL that apply):
X Dept ABET Description
a Understanding of biology and physiology as related to biomedical engineering needs
☒ 1
Ability to apply knowledge of advanced mathematics (including differential equations and statistics),
ak sciences, and engineering to solve problems at the interface of engineering and biology and to model
☒ 2
biological systems
Ability to design and conduct experiments, including making measurements and interpreting experimental
3
b
data from living systems and addressing the problems associated with the interaction between living
☒
systems and non-living materials and systems
e Ability to identify, formulate and solve biomedical engineering problems
☒ 4
c Ability to design systems or processes to meet desired needs
☐ 5
d Ability to function on diverse teams and provide leadership
☒ 6
fh Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility and the impact of engineering in our global society
☐ 7
g Ability to communicate by oral, written and graphic modes
☒ 8
i
Recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning
☒ 9
j
Liberal education to provide knowledge of contemporary issues
☒ 10
D) Default Specific Course Outcomes (required):
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. Understand physics of radiation devices and their operation, physics of photon, electron and particle beam with
phantoms and patients, physics of treatment planning and delivery
2. Apply knowledge in practical setting on linear accelerators
3. Independently solve problems related to physics in radiotherapy
E) Textbook (required):
Khan, Faiz M. The Physics of Radiation Therapy (3rd edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
F) Supplemental Material (optional):
Other textbooks, task group reports, selected articles
G) Additional Information (optional - additional list of topics to be covered, not described in B, other useful
information for the students):