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The Science Seminar Series: September 7, 2006 4pm
Health Physics and Medical Physics at the University of Florida – Academic Programs and Research Activities
Dr. Bolch
Powell Hall AuditoriumTime: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Abstract
The Department of Nuclear & Radiological Engineering at UF is host to three graduate programs at the MS and PhD level – nuclear engineering, health physics, and medical physics. The latter two will be highlighted in this presentation. Health physics is the study of engineering methods for assessment of radiation exposure risk and optimization of radiation personnel dose versus radiation source utilization. Medical physics entails the use of ionizing radiation for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other disease processes. Research activities to be highlighted include the (1) emergency medical assessment of contaminated victims following radiological terrorist events, (2) improved methods of assessing bone marrow dose in cancer treatment, and (3) patient-specific anatomical modeling for imaging and therapy of pediatric patients.