Principles of Radiation Interactions

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Course Intro/Cells and Tissues Overview
2	Radiation Interactions
3	Radiation Interactions (cont.)
4	Radiation Chemistry/LET/Tracks	Problem set 1 due
5	Effects on Chromosomes/DNA
6	Dose Response in Vitro: Cell Survival Curves
7	RBE/Clustered Damage
8	Protons and Alphas of same LET	Problem set 2 due
9	Dose Response in Vivo
10	Chemical Modification of Radiation Response	Problem set 3 due
11	Cell, Tissue and Tumor Kinetics
12	Exam 1
13	Radiation Therapy: Tumor Radiobiology
14	Radiation Therapy (contd.): Fractionation	Problem set 4 due
15	Acute Effects of Whole Body Exposure
16	Late Effects: Chronic Exposure/Low Doses	Problem set 5 due
17	Radiation Protection/Background Radiation/Radon
18	Alpha Particles/Bystander Effect
19	Microbeams
20	RBE of Diagnostic X Rays	Problem set 6 due
21	BNCT/Other Modalities
22	Space
23	Space (cont.)
24	Exam 2
25	Oral Term Paper Presentations