LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

2024-2025 CATALOG

The Academic Catalog is the official listing of courses, programs of study, academic policies and degree requirements for Loyola University Chicago. It is published every year in advance of the next academic year.

Medical Physics (MPHY)

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MPHY 400  Interactions of Radiation with Matter  (3 Credit Hours)  
Introductions of radiation with matter and provides the foundation for future courses in imaging and therapy. Topics covered include: exponential attenuation, x-ray production, interactions of radiation with matter, radioactive decay, atomic and nuclear structure, charged particle equilibrium, cavity theory, dosimetry, ionization chambers and other measurement devices.
Students will understand how x-rays are produced, basic interactions of photons and electrons in matter, cavity theory, ionization chambers and other devices

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Students will understand how x-rays are produced, basic interactions of photons and electrons in matter, cavity theory, ionization chambers and other devices
MPHY 402  Image-Based Anatomy and Physiology  (3 Credit Hours)  
Pre-requisites: Graduate standing in the MPHY program or permission of instructor  
This course will cover all the expected basic elements of human anatomy and medical physiology with a particular emphasis on the radiographic anatomy of relevance to medical physicists.
MPHY 404  Physics and Mathematics of Medical Imaging I  (3 Credit Hours)  
Pre-requisites: Enrollment in MPHY 400  
The fundamental physics and mathematics related to image creation are the primary pics of this course. Specific topics related to imaging include: linear algebra, Fourier analysis, sampling theory, random variables and stochastic processes, image formation, biokinetics and compartmental analysis. Graduate standing in the MPHY program or permission of instructor.
MPHY 410  Medical Physics Seminar  (1 Credit Hour)  
Pre-requisites: Graduate standing in the MPHY program or permission of instructor  
Held once per week, seminars are required for all graduate students in Medical Physics so as to introduce them to the research actively being pursued by the program's faculty and senior graduate students.