RAD 2220 — Radiation Biology
Credit Hours: 3.00 Total Contact Hours: 5.00 Lecture Hours: 1.00 Lab Hours: 4.00
Covers radiation interactions, radiosensitivity, radiation dose/response relationships, deterministic and stochastic radiation effects, radiation protection, and health physics in a lecture and laboratory format. Course discussions will also include the impact of macro- and micro-culture on radiation protection policies and practices. This course also explores nuclear medicine, PET, SPECT, radiation oncology, and emerging modalities. 'C' grade policy applies.
Prerequisites: BIO 1120, RAD 1200, RAD 2210
Corequisites: Any Radiographic Imaging clinical course.