Medical physics is a fascinating scientific discipline, providing many professional opportunities to apply physics to the care of patients, either in the clinic or in industry. It is also an area allowing for exciting, interesting and fulfilling areas of research. It is the aim of this course to give bachelor physics students an insight into the wide spectrum of medical applications of physics.

In agreement with the lecturers a semester paper in the context of the topics discussed in the lectures can be written.

In agreement with the lecturers a semester paper in the context of the topics discussed in the lectures can be written.

Radiotherapy is a rapidly developing and technology driven medical discipline that is heavily dependent on physics and engineering. In this lecture series, we will review and describe some of the current developments in radiotherapy, particularly from the physics and technological view point, and will indicate in which direction future research in radiotherapy will lie.

Physics and medical physics aspects of particle physicsSubjects: Physics interactions and beam characteristics; medical accelerators; beam delivery; pencil beam scanning; dosimetry and QA; treatment planning; precision and uncertainties; in-vivo dose verification; proton therapy biology.

The aim of this lecture series is to introduce the role of physics in state-of-the art medical research and clinical practice. Topics to be covered range from applications of physics in medical implant technology and tissue engineering, with a strong focus on X-ray-based imaging, to its role in interventional and non-interventional therapies.