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Master in physics - Radiation Physics, Detector, Instrumentation and Imaging

  • Organisation: Faculté de Physique et Ingénierie - Strasbourg
    (Université de Strasbourg - Unistra)
  • Type of Course: Initial education
  • Language(s): English
  • Place: Strasbourg (French Regions: Grand-Est)
  • Prepared diploma/grade/title: Master or DNM: French National Master Degree
  • Level of entry: French Baccalaureat + 3
  • This training is included in RNCP / RS

Course Details

Objectives: The "Radiation Physics, Detectors, Instrumentation, and Imaging" track is designed to train students through research for public and private research laboratories.

The objective of this program is to acquire the knowledge necessary for designing new detection instruments, primarily for medical imaging, addressing the challenges posed in disciplines such as biology and medicine. This track also aims to provide students with the essential knowledge to understand and analyze problems at the interface of biology, medicine, chemistry, and physics.

Skills:

• Interact with biologists/physicians and chemists to design/develop tools that meet their needs in clinical or preclinical imaging.

• Integrate into a multidisciplinary team to carry out projects at the interface of physics, chemistry, and biology.

• Master the main imaging techniques used in humans and animals: ultrasound, X-ray computed tomography (CT), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPT), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), etc.

• Understand the fundamentals of cell and molecular biology, mammalian physiology, and radiolabeling (visible, gamma, and gamma-ray).

• Understand the physical principles of operation of the main components of the major detector families, and the acquisition and processing of data from photon detectors to obtain 3D images.

• Understand the interaction between photons and matter, particularly biological matter.

• Acquire knowledge of dosimetry to be optimally prepared for the DQPRM (Diploma of Qualification in Radiological and Medical Physics) exam.

Degree Level (EU) : 7 - (EQC level or equivalent)

Prerequisites: All the courses of this master are taught in English. A B2 level (CEFR scale) is required.

A knowledge of a programming language and algorithmic (Python) is strongly recommanded to be able to adequately follow some optional trainings.

Candidates must have a strong background in physics.

Acquired skills during the training : At the end of this training, students should be able to interact with biologists/doctors in order to design/develop tools that allow them to respond to clinical or preclinical imaging issues. Students will be trained in the main in-vivo imaging techniques from the physicist's point of view, from the detector to the use of artificial intelligence. They will thus be able to understand all the processes leading to the formation of an image. A particular focus is placed on MRI and nuclear imaging. The skills acquired will be numerical, theoretical and experimental.

Targeted careers : Fields of activity:
- Scientific research and development
- Education
- Telecommunications

Target professions:
Physics/biology interface engineer
Medical physicist
R&D engineer, etc.

After a doctorate:
Professor/researcher or researcher
Research engineer

In addition to pursuing a doctorate, it is possible under certain conditions to take the competitive examination to become a medical physicist. Several Alsatian industrialists offer courses/interventions which allow students to be in contact with the social-economic world.

Duration and terms: 2 years, ECTS 120
750 h

Dedicated web site: https://physique-ingenierie.unistra.fr/formations/masters/physique/physics-of-radiation-instrumentation-detector-and-imaging-pridi/

Disciplines

  • Engineering Sciences

Topics

  • 1 - Environment and Physical Measurement: Radiation, Particles, Solar Wind, Debris, Mechanical and Thermal environment, Aerology, Meteorology, Climate, Environmental Measurements and Analysis, Physico-chemical Analysis, Sensors, Metrology, Vacuum Techniques, etc.
  • 20 - Health and Society: Health, Aerospace Medicine, Biomedical, Life Sciences, Biological Engineering, Political Sciences, Ethics, Defense, Culture, Tourism...