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May 17, 2025
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PHY 129 - Physics for Nuclear Medicine Technology 1
Credits: 4
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Prerequisites: MAT 108 and PHY 100
Description
This course is for students in the Nuclear Medicine Technology program. Students study basic principles of physics used in radioisotope diagnosis and therapy. Students also explore the atoms and nuclides, radiation counting and detection, radioactive decay, laws and modes of decay, half-life, properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation and its production, X-ray techniques and production. The laboratory component introduces data reduction procedures and reinforces concepts presented in lectures.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Describe the basic physical principles as they apply to nuclear medicine.
- Implement basic statistical methods used in data reduction.
- Differentiate between those physical situations that require a mathematical interpretation from those that do not.
- Solve routine problems in the radiological fields of nuclear medicine utilizing algebra.
- Apply theoretical concepts learned in the course that emphasize in the nuclear medicine field in the conduction of laboratory experiments.
Listed Topics
- Measurements
- Motion
- Forces in nature
- Energy and the conservation of energy
- Atomic structure
- Atomic spectra
- Mass and energy interchange
- Characteristics of atomic nuclei
- Conditions for nuclear stability
- Decay law, half-life and statistics
- Activity and average life
- Biological and physical half-life
- Chart of the nuclides
- Radioactive processes
- Nuclear transmutation equations and the production of secondary radiations: X-ray, Auger and conversion electrons
- Interaction of radiation with matter
- Radiation detection and measurements
Reference Materials
Laboratory manual, chart of the nuclides, table of the nuclides, handouts, scientific calculator and other materials as deemed appropriate by instructor.
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 10/30/2024
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