RTE 2613 RADIATION PHYSICS 2 credits

Prerequisite: Admission to the Radiography AS program.The objective of this course is to introduce fundamental principles of radiologic physics including atomic and sub-atomic theory, interactions or radiation with matter, the nature of electricity and magnetism and properties of x-rays, diagnostic x-ray tubes, x-ray circuits, units of measurements and the structure of matter and the atom. 32 contact hours.