Radiobiology & Radiation Protection

Venue: BMP Meeting Room

Coordinator: Dr. Ghazi Alsbeih

Faculty: Claire-Louise Chapple, Khaled Aleissa, Jean Bourhis, Mohammed Mohideen, E.H. Zubizarreta, Konstantinos Hourdakis, Konstantin Zakaryan, Ghazi Alsbeih,

Course Aim

To provide the background to understand the response of biological systems to ionizing radiation, mechanisms of biological effects, consequences and basis of permissible exposure dose limits, explain the concept of radiosensitivity, normal tissue tolerance, and the basis of radiation treatment of cancer and radiation protection.

Target Audience

Residents and trainees in radiology, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, physicists, dosimetrists, scientists, researchers, teachers, radiographers, radiotherapists and radiation workers who need know-how in radiobiology and radiation protection or want to familiarize or update their knowledge (i.e. for CME) in this field.

Lectures:

1. Biological effects of ionizing radiation           Ghazi Alsbeih
2. Variation of radiosensitivity                           Ghazi Alsbeih:
3. GRID therapy                                                Mohammed Mohiuddin:
4. WHO another IS?                                          Konstantin Zakaryan
5. QUATRO                                                       E.H. Zubizarreta:
6. Radiation Protection                                      Claire-Louise Chapple
7. TBA                                                               J. Bourhis/Konstantinos Hourdakis
8. Saudi Radiation Protection Regulations        K. Aleissa/A. Arfaj

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