General principles
• Classification of radiation
• Causes of radiation exposure
• Method of production of ionizing radiation for medical purposes
• native and artificial Radioactivity
• radioactive decays
• Interaction of ionizing radiation
• Direct and indirect effects of ionizing radiation
• Radiosensitivity and recovery mechanisms
• stochastic and deterministic Damage
• Principles of dosimetry (exposure dose, equivalent dose and dose absorption)
• LET and ionization density
• Fundamentals of radiation protection and radiation protection regulations
• principles of justification, optimization and limitation of individual doses
• Dose limits for people exposed professionally, for health purposes and for the public
