Knowledge of radiations physics and instrumentation is essential to clinical practice in medical radiations. This course builds on the concepts introduced in Medical Radiation 1 and broadens your knowledge in radiation physics for the streams of medical radiations. You will be introduced to the concepts of ionising radiations, its production and detection, as well as instrumentation.

In addition, this course develops your knowledge of radiobiology. The foundations of radiobiology and radiation protection, biological effects and safety and legislation of ionising radiation are taught.

An introduction to digital imaging processing, relevant to the three streams of medical radiations, will be provided. This will include an introduction to Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and Hospital and Radiological Information Systems (HIS and RIS).