Teacher(s)
Language
French
Main themes
I. Lecture
Elements of nuclear physics for the applications in radiopharmacy
Radiotoxicology
Radiochemistry
Radiopharmacy
II. Practical exercises
Counting statistics
Attenuation
Protein labeling, purification, radiochemical purity
Liquid scintillation : chemiluminescence, quenching
Blood volume determination
Quality control of generator 99Mo/99m Tc eluate
Quality control of HMPAO-Tc
Biological distribution
III. SEMINARS
Personnalized work for the student in the area of his specialization
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
1 | This course is intended for (future) professionals with professional activities dealing with the use of non sealed radioactive sources. 3 areas are covered: radiotoxicology (with focus on internal contaminations, their diagnosis, and their treatments); radiochemistry (with focus on nuclear reactions and nuclear chemistry for the preparation of radiolabeled compounds for medical use); radiopharmacy (quality control and quality assurance, special problems with some radiopharmaceuticals) |
Teaching materials
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Faculty or entity
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Advanced Master in Nuclear Medicine
Certificat universitaire en physique d'hôpital
Certificat universitaire en radiopharmacie
Master [120] in Physics [professional focus of Medical Physics : UCLouvain-KULeuven]
Master [120] in Medical Physics