DOS 781-501 MODULE 3

READING LECTURE
Structure of Matter • Atomic Nucleus
• The Atom
• Mass Defect and Binding Energy
• Fundamental Particles
• Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves

Nuclear Transformations • Mass Defect and Binding Energy

• Nuclear Stability and Nuclear Equations
• Types of Decay
• Writing Nuclear Equations for alpha, beta
and gamma decay
• Nuclear Reactions
• Half-life and Carbon Dating
• Exponential Decay
• Formula Proof

Production of X-rays • How does an x-ray tube work 1

• How does an x-ray tube work 2

Clinical Radiation Generators • How a Van de Graaf Generator Works

• How a Klystron Amplifier Works
• The linear Accelerator-Part 1
• The linear Accelerator-Part 2
• The linear Accelerator-Part 3
• Principle and Working of a Cyclotron
Interaction of Ionization Radiation with matter
Quality of X-ray Beams
Measurement of Ionizing Radiation
• Interaction of Ionization Radiation with
matter
• Quality of X-ray Beams
• TG-51
• Measurement of Absorbed Dose