Lecture about Radiation Biophysics

A course on Radiation Biophysics will start in April 2009 (summer semester). It will consist of 3 hours teaching plus 1 for exercise per week. A preliminary program is the following:

1. Ionizing radiation
2. Radioactivity
3. Interaction of radiation with matter
4. Radiation chemistry
5. Radiation biology
6. Modification of radiation response
7. Deterministic effects
8. Stochastic effects
9. Heavy ions
10. Radiation protection
11. Radiation therapy

Textbook

E.L. Alpen, Radiation biophysics, Academic Press