Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
22.5 h + 60.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Gallez Bernard;
Language
French
Main themes
I. Lecture
Elements of nuclear physics for the applications in radiopharmacy
Radiotoxicology
Radiochemistry
Radiopharmacy
II. Practical exercises
Counting statistics
Attenuation
Protein labeling, purification, radiochemical purity
Liquid scintillation : chemiluminescence, quenching
Blood volume determination
Quality control of generator 99Mo/99m Tc eluate
Quality control of HMPAO-Tc
Biological distribution
III. SEMINARS
Personnalized work for the student in the area of his specialization
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | This course is intended for (future) professionals with professional activities dealing with the use of non sealed radioactive sources. 3 areas are covered: radiotoxicology (with focus on internal contaminations, their diagnosis, and their treatments); radiochemistry (with focus on nuclear reactions and nuclear chemistry for the preparation of radiolabeled compounds for medical use); radiopharmacy (quality control and quality assurance, special problems with some radiopharmaceuticals) |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Faculty or entity
FARM
