Teaching Methodologies
The classes will be expository with direct interaction of students; exercises will be also conducted to compare
different systems for each equipment technology with use of international articles with impact factor. The
evaluation will be performed by test or examination.
Learning Results
The student must acquire knowledge of:
• Equipment used in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy.
• Constituents and instrumentation of equipment of Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy;
The student must acquire skills:
• Distinguish the different equipment, image retrieval technologies and use of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation;
• Reasoning of new equipment technology;
The student must acquire competences of:
• Describe the characteristics and function of each of the Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy equipment;
• Develop the perception of space and safety norms inherent in the use of Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy
equipment;
Program
Instrumentation, operation and principles of image retrieval of equipment:
• General Radiology (fixed and portable)
• Mammography
• Fluoroscopy
• DEXA
• Computed Tomography
• Ultrasound
• Magnetic Resonance
• Gamma Camera
• PET
• Simulator
• Linear Accelerators
• Tomotherapy
• Gamma Knife
• Brachytherapy
The technological evolution of each equipment and comparison of existing models and its added value in the
process of getting medical imaging and treatment.
Internship(s)
NAO
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LLC
J. Conceição Mealha, Física e Tecnologia dos Equipametos de Diagnóstico e de Radioterapia, Lisboa,2000
BUSHONG, S. – Radiologic Science for Techonogist (2004), 7ª Edição, St. Louis, USA ed Mosby
Khan, FM (2010). The Physics of Radiation Therapy. 4ª ED., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Perez, CA and Brady, LW (2013), Principles and practice of radiation oncology, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.
Khan, FM (2010). The Physics of Radiation Therapy. 4ª ED., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Perez, CA and Brady, LW (2013), Principles and practice of radiation oncology, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams &
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