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RADIATION PRODUCTION AND DETECTION

MEDPHYS/PHYSICS 688
Course Description

Physics of ionizing radiation production and detection in medical science; ionization chambers, solid-state detectors, charged and neutral particles for external beam radiotherapy, radionuclides activated with accelerators for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, radiochemistry, and X-ray tube physics.

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