| Code | Semester | Completion | Credits | Range | Course Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B83578 | summer | credit | 3 | 0+16 | View in SIS |
What the course offers students
The course enables students to:
- see first-hand how cutting-edge clinical and research departments using biophysical methods operate,
- connect theoretical knowledge from the compulsory Biophysics course with concrete clinical applications,
- gain an overview of the indications, patient preparation, technical parameters and safety aspects of individual methods,
- better understand what real clinical practice looks like in endoscopy, radiology, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy and experimental imaging,
- gain motivation for future clinical specialisation or research activities (e.g. potential Ph.D. topics, involvement in projects).
The course includes excursions to the following departments:
- Endoscopy – 4th Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital (VFN)
– colonoscopy, gastroscopy, construction of the endoscope, image transmission, patient preparation, options for biopsy and basic indications. - Shock wave therapy – 4th Department of Internal Medicine, VFN
– indications for treatment, technical parameters of the devices, practical organisation of the procedure. - Hyperbaric chamber – VFN
– principle of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, indications, patient preparation, monitoring of parameters influencing chamber operation. - PET/CT – VFN
– layout of the department, indications and diagnoses, patient preparation, technical description of PET/CT, administration of radiopharmaceuticals. - Radiopharmaceutical preparation and cyclotron – Na Homolce Hospital / Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
– explanation of radiopharmaceutical preparation, tour of the cyclotron, basic rules of radiation safety when working with radionuclides. - Leksell Gamma Knife – Na Homolce Hospital
– main diagnoses indicated for LGK, tour of the device, principle of stereotactic radiosurgery, patient preparation. - Proton radiotherapy – Proton Therapy Center Bulovka
– proton treatment of tumours (prostate, breast, head and neck, CNS, GI tract, lung, paediatric oncological diseases), principle of the centre’s operation, planning and patient preparation. - Magnetic resonance – IKEM (Bruker Biospec 7T)
– focus on cellular and molecular imaging, visualisation of transplanted cells, integration of clinical and experimental work, demonstration of research practice. - CyberKnife – Central Military Hospital in Prague
– patient preparation, indications and possibilities of its use.
Course information
The introductory meeting will take place on 3 March at 12:00 at the Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, U nemocnice 5. You can register via SIS.
Lecturer: Ludmila Maffei Svobodová – Ludmila.maffei@lf1.cuni.cz
