Thursday, January 06, 2011

Day 1 - Intro to the Course

Introduction
Terminology
What is radioactivity?
Background Radiation
Half Life

Video (if it works) about 'Barney the Horse' and another horse called 'Just another Gamble'. Although the medical treatments are on animals the same treatments are used on humans.

Introduction to your website.

The following links are interesting.
X-Ray safety Please note that this is a pdf and can take a while to load if you are not using Broadband. College computers should be OK.

Nuclear Medicine
In the last few years imaging techniques have improved enormously. The X-ray is now only one of many techniques. The equipment is expensive and radiographers are in short supply.

The link below has links to a site with many more links. You could spend a week here!

Health Protection Agency

No comments: