Contents
| CONTENTS and LECTURE PLANS |
| In the first part, laws of radioactivity, decay constant, half life, mean life, activity, Geiger-Nuttal law, theory of successive transformation, radioactive equilibrium, radioactive dating methods and accelerator mass spectrometry in geology and archeology are discussed. [4 lectures] In the second part, production of various radioactive isotopes, application of the isotope in therapeutic process like gamma ray therapy, boron neutron capture therapy, heavy ion therapy applications of radioisotopes in imaging process like, gamma camera, positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are discussed. [4 lectures] |
| Lecture 1: |
| In this lecture basic equation of radioactivity, definition of decay constants, half life, mean life, activity is discussed. Next the determination of radioactive constants based on Geiger-Nuttal law is highlighted. |
| Lecture 2: |
| Theory of successive transformation and concepts of radioactive equilibrium are the subject matters of this lecture. |
| Lecture 3: |
| In this lecture various conventional radioactive dating processes and their basic formulation. |
| Lecture 4 |
| This lecture deals with the application of accelerator mass spectrometry in radioactive dating method. |
| Lecture 5 |
| This lecture gives a brief description on radiation dosimetry and interaction of nuclear radiation with biological specimen. |
| Lecture 6: |
| In this lecture various radioisotopes and use of these radioisotopes in medical diagnosis processes are discussed. These include positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging. |
| Lecture 7: |
| In this lecture, various therapeutic processes, like gamma camera, boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and heavy ion based cancer therapy are discussed in detail. |
| Lecture 8: |
| In this lecture some examples covering the topics are discussed. |