| 5 | Mon | 7-Jan | Radionuclide Detectors | ||
| 6 | Wed | 9-Jan | Scintillation Cameras | Hasegawa | |
| 7 | Mon | 14-Jan | Introduction to Tomographic Reconstruction | Hasegawa | |
| 8 | Wed | 16-Jan | Radionuclide Tomography | Hasegawa | |
| 9 | Mon | 21-Jan | MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY | Hasegawa | |
| 10 | Wed | 23-Jan | Radionuclide Tomography | Hasegawa | |
| 11 | Mon | 28-Jan | Determinants of Radionuclide Image Quality | Hasegawa | |
| 12 | Wed | 30-Jan | Midterm Examination (Lectures 2-11) | Hasegawa | |
| 13 | Mon | 4-Feb | Positron Emission Tomography | Hasegawa | SPIE |
| 14 | Wed | 6-Feb | Positron Emission Tomography | Hasegawa | SPIE |
| Mon | 11-Feb | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | VanBrocklin | ||
| 15 | Wed | 13-Feb | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | VanBrocklin | |
| 16 | Mon | 18-Feb | PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY | TBD | SPIE |
| 17 | Wed | 20-Feb | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | VanBrocklin | SPIE |
| 18 | Mon | 25-Feb | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | VanBrocklin | |
| 19 | Wed | 27-Feb | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | VanBrocklin | |
| 20 | Mon | 3-Mar | Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | VanBrocklin | |
| Final Examination Mar 5-7 | |||||
| (Lectures 13-19) | |||||
| Other Possible Topics | |||||
| Compartmental Analysis | |||||
| Kinetic Modeling | |||||
| Radiation Dosmetry | |||||
| Small Animal Imaging | MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY | ||||
| Bioengineering 231: Physics of Radiation Oncology (Very Preliminary) | |||||
| Room/Time: | TBD | ||||
| Instructors: | Lynn Verhey, verhey@radonc4.ucsf.edu | ||||
| Vernon Smith, smith@radonc4.ucsf.edu | |||||
| Chris Diederich, diederich@radonc4.ucsf.edu | |||||
| Office Hours for all instructors arranged by appointment | |||||
| Coordinator: | Lynn Verhey, verhey@radonc4.ucsf.edu | ||||
| Grading | 20% | Homework | |||
| 40% | Midterm Exam | ||||
| 40% | Final Exam (Noncumulative) | ||||
| 1 | Mon | 10-Mar | Basic concepts, interaction mechanisms | Verhey | |
| 2 | Wed | 12-Mar | Radiation treatment modalities and treatment machines | Verhey | |
| 3 | Mon | 17-Mar | Radiation dosimetry/measurement devices | Smith | |
| 4 | Wed | 19-Mar | Treastment planning concepts/optimization | Smith | |
| 24-Mar | UCB SPRING BREAK | ||||
| 26-Mar | UCB SPRING BREAK | ||||
| 5 | Mon | 31-Mar | Treatment delivery systems: Sterotactic radiosurgery, intensity modulation, and new developments | Verhey | |
| 6 | Wed | 2-Apr | Treatment verification/New developments | Verhey | |
| 7 | Mon | 7-Apr | Equipment and techniques for hyperthermia | Stauffer | |
| 8 | Wed | 9-Apr | Thermal therapy for cancer and benign disease | Diederich | |
| 9 | Mon | 14-Apr | Clinical considerations - Choice of modality, description of tumor growth, clinical outcomes | TBD | |
| 10 | Wed | 16-Apr | Clinical overview of prostate treatments as an example of technology in medicine | TBD | |
| 11 | Mon | 21-Apr | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 12 | Wed | 23-Apr | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 13 | Mon | 28-Apr | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 14 | Wed | 30-Apr | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 15 | Mon | 5-May | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 16 | Wed | 7-May | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 17 | Mon | 12-May | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 18 | Wed | 14-May | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| Note: Berkeley Final Exam May 15-22, 2008 | |||||
| 19 | Mon | 19-May | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 20 | Wed | 21-May | Radiation Oncology Physics | TBD | |
| 26-May | Review (Optional) | ||||
| 28-May | Final Examination | ||||