Stanford Root

Schedule

Stanford Root

Schedule

RADO 252

Physics of Radiation Therapy (BMP 252)

UNITS:3
GRADING:Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

This course provides the students the basis for understanding the principals of physics application in a key cancer therapy regimen radiotherapy, including external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, treatment planning, radiotherapy devices and emergent particle radiotherapy. PREREQUISITE: BMP 251 Medical Physics and Dosimetry

Syllabus for selected term:
View Spring 2027 Syllabus

Sections

2 Terms
Lecture 1Open
ID: 26233
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:TBD
TIME:TBD
LOCATION:TBD
3units

RADO 252: Physics of Radiation Therapy (BMP 252)

3 units · Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)

This course provides the students the basis for understanding the principals of physics application in a key cancer therapy regimen radiotherapy, including external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, treatment planning, radiotherapy devices and emergent particle radiotherapy. PREREQUISITE: BMP 251 Medical Physics and Dosimetry

Offered in Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Winter 2027 sections

  • Lecture — Tuesday Thursday 3:00 PM – 4:50 PM — Szalkowski, Gregory, Charyyev, Serdar, Dai, Xianjin, Gu, Xuejun (Graduate)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Lecture — TBA TBA (Graduate)

More RADO courses

  • RADO 25N: The Pop Cancer Phenomena: Media, Myths, and Medical Truths
  • RADO 101: Readings in Radiation Biology
  • RADO 199: Undergraduate Research
  • RADO 251: Medical Physics and Dosimetry (BMP 251)
  • RADO 253: Biological Principles and Medical Applications of Ionizing Radiation (BMP 253)
  • RADO 254: AI and Data Driven Methods in Biomedical Imaging and Physics (BMP 254)
  • RADO 256: Medical Physics Seminar (BMP 256)
  • RADO 257: Experiential Learning in Medical Physics (BMP 257)
  • RADO 280: Early Clinical Experience in Radiation Oncology
  • RADO 299: Directed Reading in Radiation Oncology
  • RADO 300A: Radiation Oncology Clerkship
  • RADO 370: Medical Scholars Research

All RADO courses · All departments