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FY8409

Radiation Therapy Physics

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Credits 4
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Oral examination

About

About the course

Course content

The course provides the base for understanding physical principles within radiotherapy, focusing on clinical application. Important topics are: Equipment for generating/delivering ionizing electron- and photon radiation, clinical radiation dosimetry, characteristics and specifications of radiation fields, treatment planning (volume definitions, field setup, fractionations, modern techniques and dose calculation algorithms), brachytherapy, quality assurance, introduction to particles/heavy ions in radiotherapy and quantitative methods in radiooncology.

Learning outcome

Students are introduced to the skills performed by medical physicists in Norwegian hospitals. The course provides knowledge about Equipment for generating electron and photon radiation, clinical dosimetry, volume definitions, techniques for treatment planning, quality assurance and posibilities and limtations related to treatment modalities like brachytherapy and particle therapy.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, including practical tasks/demonstrations (in Groups) within clinical dosimetry and treatment planning.

Compulsory assignments

  • Project with presentation

Further on evaluation

Oral exam.

Master students of biophysics who sign up for this course and for FY8408, can sign up for TFY4505 and receive a joint letter grade for the specialization course based on assessments in the two PhD course modules, weighted 50/50.

Course materials

Announced at start of course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
FY8404 4 sp Autumn 2011
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Medical Technology
  • Medical Physics
  • Radiation Biophysics/Radiation Biology
  • Radiation Physics
  • Biophysics and Medical Technology
  • Biophysics
  • Physics

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Physics

Timetable

Timetable

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Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E

Re-sit examination - Spring 2026

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E

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