1 FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS MIHIR NAIK AND ANDREW GODLEY 1.1   UNITS 1.2   ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 1.3   RADIOACTIVITY 1.4   EXPONENTIAL DECAY 1.1   UNITS Question 1 What are the units of radioactivity?   Question 2 What is…

4 ABSORBED DOSE MARTIN ANDREWS AND NAICHANG YU 4.1   DOSIMETRY 4.2   DOSIMETERS 4.1   DOSIMETRY Question 1 What is the definition of exposure?   Question 2 Why is the concept of exposure not suitable…

5 PHOTON TREATMENT MATTHEW C. WARD AND SALIM BALIK 5.1   BEAM QUALITY 5.2   FACTORS AFFECTING PHOTON DOSE DEPOSITION 5.3   MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS 5.1   BEAM QUALITY Question 1 Explain the concept of “beam quality.” What…

6 BASIC TREATMENT PLANNING JEFF KITTEL, LISA ZICKEFOOSE, AND DIANA MATTSON Question 1 Why is a 5° posteriorly titled gantry angle necessary in whole brain treatment?   Question 2 What…

13 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING KEVIN WUNDERLE, NICHOLAS SHKUMAT, AND FRANK DONG 13.1   RADIOGRAPHY AND FLUOROSCOPY 13.2   MRI 13.3   MAMMOGRAPHY 13.4   NUCLEAR IMAGING 13.5   CT 13.6   ULTRASOUND 13.1   RADIOGRAPHY AND FLUOROSCOPY Question 1 Why is there a significant difference…

2 RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT QINGYANG SHANG AND MATTHEW KOLAR 2.1   PRODUCTION OF X-RAYS 2.2   LINEAR ACCELERATORS 2.3   PARTICLE AND SOURCE-BASED RADIATION 2.1   PRODUCTION OF X-RAYS Question 1 What are the two different mechanisms by…

11 QUALITY PENG QI AND ANTHONY MAGNELLI 11.1   THERAPY EQUIPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE 11.2   PATIENT SAFETY 11.1   THERAPY EQUIPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE Question 1 How frequently is quality assurance (QA) on a linear accelerator (linac)…

3 IONIZING RADIATION ZHILEI LIU SHEN AND TOUFIK DJEMIL 3.1   PHOTON INTERACTIONS 3.2   PARTICLE INTERACTIONS 3.1   PHOTON INTERACTIONS Question 1 What are the five major types of photon interactions with matter?   Question…

14 IMAGE GUIDANCE ERIC TISCHLER AND LAMA MUHIEDDINE MOSSOLLY Question 1 What is IGRT and why is it used?   Question 2 What is the difference between accuracy and precision?…