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| Semester | fall semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Bert Müller (bert.mueller@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Georg Schulz (georg.schulz@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Medically relevant experiments with synchrotron radiation |
| Learning objectives | X rays have been used for medical imaging since Röntgen's fascinating discovery in 1895. The first radiographs appeared less than a month after his famous paper on X rays. Conventional X-ray sources integrated into the CT machines of today’s hospitals still rely on the same principles. Synchrotron radiation was discovered more than 50 years after the discovery of X rays, offering unique flux/brilliance, polarization and pulsed time structure. Therefore, dedicated experiments such as phase contrast imaging, microbeam therapy and spatially resolved small-angle X-ray scattering can be performed at synchrotron radiation facilities. Within this seminar series, beamline scientists and users will introduce the unique options for synchrotron radiation-based experiments and report on a variety of medically relevant approaches to diagnose and treat diseases. These approaches are focused on the three-dimensional imaging of soft and hard tissues in health and disease down to the molecular scale. The participants are invited to discuss future collaborations with the speaker’s teams from Sweden, France, UK, and Germany with the aim to characterize their objects of interest with world-leading instrumentation. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Doctorate Biomedical Engineering: Recommendations (PhD subject: Biomedical Engineering) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | paper presentation |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Medicine |
| Offered by | Departement Biomedical Engineering (DBE) |