Review of Radiation Dosimetry

External Dosimetry (dose, dose-rate, organ doses, kerma)

Internal Dosimetry (retention functions, types of internal emitters, compartmental analysis)

Review of Probability and Statistics

Probability distributions (Binomial, Poisson, Exponential, Weibull,. Gamma, Lognormal)

Parameter estimation (Maximum likelihood, Bayesian techniques)

Dose-Response Models

Carcinogenesis (linear, linear-quadratic, threshold, absolute and relative risk models)

Cell survival (exponential, survival curves with shoulders)

Chromosome aberrations (Poisson models with linear, linear-quadratic dose dependence)

Late Effects for External and Internal Radiation

Risks from different cancer types in A-bomb suvivors

Risk after intake of 226Ra, 224Ra

Risk estimates for 239Pu

Chromosome Aberrations

Aberrations after exposure to high and low LET radiation

Aberrations as biological dosimeter

Calibrative density for dose estimation

Prediction and Transportation of Risks

Competing risks, life tables

Predictive densities for relative risk model

Prediction with point estimates of model parameters

Radiation protection standards

Probability of Causation

Estimation of the probability of causation

Uncertainty of estimates

Compensation for radiation risks

Evaluation Policy

Examinations 40%

Final 30%

Homework 30%

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