| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures, laboratory exercises, group exercises with calculations, and two mandatory written problems. |
Evaluation: Written exam
Reports from the exercises must be approved |
| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 50230 |
| Prerequisites: 10100 / 91161.01031 / 01032 / 01030 / 36260 / 91122 / Basic understanding of radioactivity and radiation, and knowledge of University level mathematics |
| No credit points with: 50230 |
| Participant limitation: Max. 16 |
| Aim: To give the students an understanding of measurements and instrumentation based on ionizing radiation applied in industry, the health sector etc., including health physical aspects. |
| Contents: Radiation sources and the interaction between ionizing radiation and matter. Determination of radiation doses. Detectors and instrumentation. Radiation protection and medical applications of radiation. Radiobiology and dose limits. Dosimetry and protection of electronics in space are briefly treated. |
| Remarks: The course includes 6 laboratory exercises. For each exercise a report should be written. The time for carrying out the laboratory exercises can be almost freely selected by the students. |
Contact: Uffe C C Korsbech, building 327, (+45) 4525 3440, uk@oersted.dtu.dk
Helle Karina Aage, building 327, (+45) 4525 3459, hka@oersted.dtu.dk |
| Department: 031 Ørsted DTU |
| Course URL: http://www.oersted.dtu.dk/31800 |
| Keywords: radiation-instruments, health-physics, hospital-physics, dosimetry, measurements |
| Updated: 21-08-2001 |
