Master degree program
Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this program, it is expected that undergraduates will be able to:
ON1. conduct research on phantom models with calibration sources, radiation protection equipment and remote tools for studying the effects of radioactive radiation on them without violating sanitary and epidemiological requirements for ensuring radiation safety to limit the level of occupational exposure;
ON2. take part in the development of new methods for determining violations of organs and systems of the human body when using x-rays and gamma rays, as well as using beta and alpha radioactive isotopes;
ON3. calculate radiation doses and exposures for the radiation safety of the patient and staff and monitor patients during radionuclide studies using radioactive beams and radiopharmaceuticals;
ON4. control the physico-technical parameters and operational characteristics of reactors, cyclotrons and equipment for the production of radionuclides and the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals in production laboratories.
ON5. use nuclear-physical methods for the generation of radioactive isotopes and the synthesis of labeled pharmaceuticals; choose methods to control the quality of radiopharmaceuticals and determine the radionuclide and radiochemical purity of radiopharmaceuticals supplied to medical institutions in the form ready for direct introduction into the patient’s body, as well as radiopharmaceuticals prepared directly in the laboratory of the nuclear medicine division;
ON6. perform calculations of the spatial distribution of radiation doses, taking into account the external conditions and characteristics of the sources, using computerized dosimetry planning systems; perform in the design calculations of radiation protection of premises from sources of ionizing radiation, taking into account the requirements of regulatory documents, ethical and legal aspects in the field of nuclear medicine to reduce medical doses to the population and personnel;
ON7. carry out radiation and environmental surveys and measurements using dosimetric, radiometric and spectrometric nuclear physics equipment; perform complex computer processing in the analysis and reconstruction of tomographic images in order to determine from them diagnostically informative quantitative parameters and characteristics;
ON8. compile a methodology and technology for the collection, storage and disposal of solid, liquid and gaseous radioactive waste generated during radionuclide diagnostics and therapy; develop requirements for ventilation and, in general, for the storage of radiopharmaceuticals and radioactive medical and industrial waste, develop measures to reduce risks and ensure radiation safety;
ON9. select and monitor the physico-technical parameters and characteristics of the operation of gamma cameras, radionuclide tomographs, clinical radiometers; identify the deviations detected in the control of the parameters and characteristics of the nuclear medical equipment from their nominal values and take the necessary measures to eliminate them, using the embedded software to correct the parameters and adjust the mechanical components and electronic circuits;
ON10. assess tomographic and topological images of the localization of radioactivity and formulate corrective actions necessary for the planned radionuclide study, depending on its clinical purpose, the functionality of the nuclear-medical equipment and the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the patient's body; monitor the implementation of radionuclide diagnostics, outpatient radionuclide therapy;
ON11. choose and effectively use educational methods, technologies of education and training in order to ensure the planned level of personal and professional development of the student during the training courses for undergraduate programs.
ON12. observe the rules of medical ethics when communicating with patients, their relatives and colleagues, explain to patients the benefits of nuclear medicine procedures for the prevention of radiophobia; work in a team

Program passport

Speciality Name
Nuclear Medicine
Speciality Code
7M05317
Faculty
of Physics and Technology

disciplines

Application of AI Technologies in Nuclear Medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to develop the ability to use artificial intelligence tools in professional activities. The course is aimed at studying the potential of artificial intelligence in medicine, mechanisms for improving the quality of image processing, methods for image reconstruction, methods and models of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of cancer, and accurate determination of tumor contours AI for adaptive radiation therapy, the use of artificial intelligence to develop an expected map of the internal radiation dose.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is acquisition and improvement of competencies in accordance with the international standards of foreign language education, which allows to use a foreign language as a means of communication in the intercultural, professional and scientific activities of the future specialist. Practical knowledge of a foreign language also implies the ability to work with authentic literature on the specialty, writing a message, reports, mastering technologies of public speaking in line with professional interest.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Number of credits - 4
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply the nuclear magnetic resonance method to obtain MRI images in basic and applied research, as well as when working in institutions using MRI scanners. Topics: NMR spectroscopy; methods for obtaining images in detail; MRI of living objects; basic types of NMR signals; layer selection, imaging t1 and t2 contrast; principle of image construction; image contrast; mechanism of action and use in medical diagnostics.

Mathematical modeling in medicine
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to carry out mathematical modeling, building models of static and dynamic character using modern software. Topics: fundamentals of the theory of modeling; cognitive, informative, conceptual, formal models; structural analysis; structural analysis methodologies; approaches and software structural analysis;stages of building models; system analysis; math modeling;the main stages of mathematical modeling;random number generation.

Mathematical modeling in medicine based on modern problems in physics
  • Number of credits - 4
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to carry out mathematical modeling using modern software in current scientific areas in research and professional activities. The course is aimed at studying the relationship between various physical processes underlying the operation of medical nuclear physics systems, modern problems of physics, stages of mathematical modeling, modeling processes taking into account the typology of models, modern modeling systems and software, practical application of mathematical models for assessing operating parameters of nuclear medicine systems

Nuclear Diagnostics in Clinic
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to prepare specialists for working with radiation sources and the use of radioactive radiation in radionuclide diagnostics. Topics: radionuclide diagnostics; clinical methods of radionuclide diagnosis; basic principles of radionuclide diagnostic methods; indications, contraindications to radionuclide studies; radionuclide diagnostics and evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment of oncological diseases; principles of radionuclide imaging; tumor scintigraphy (procedure, radiopharmaceuticals, doses); positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of diseases.

Organization, planning and management of scientific research and innovative activities
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose – to form the ability to plan, prepare, organize and conduct independent research. Topics: international system of scientific publications; copyright in the system of international scientific publications; methodology and methods of scientific research; organization of the text of the original article for the journal; the laws of the development of science; rules for registration and protection of research results; peer review procedure; commercialization of scientific developments and its legal support; introduction of scientific research and their effectiveness.

Organization, planning and management of scientific research and innovative activities (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose – to form the ability to plan, prepare, organize and conduct independent research. Topics: international system of scientific publications; copyright in the system of international scientific publications; methodology and methods of scientific research; organization of the text of the original article for the journal; the laws of the development of science; rules for registration and protection of research results; peer review procedure; commercialization of scientific developments and its legal support; introduction of scientific research and their effectiveness.

Pedagogy of higher education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is the formation of the ability of pedagogical activity through the knowledge of higher education didactics, theories of upbringing and education management, analysis, and self-assessment of teaching activities. The course covers the educational activity design of specialists, Bologna process implementation, acquiring a lecturer, and curatorial skills by TLA-strategies.

Physical methods of medical diagnosis
  • Number of credits - 4
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use physical methods of medical diagnostics in their professional activities. Topics: Visualization methods; Physical research methods; CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, optical tomography; Optical diagnostic methods; Spectroscopy; Photosensory methods; Ultrasonic and acoustic diagnostic methods; X-ray, magnetochemical, electro-optical and resonant diagnostic methods; Rayleigh scattering and the Kerr effect; Electron Electrophysical diagnostic methods; Physical measurements for medical diagnosis; Use of nanoparticles in medicine.

Psychology of Management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is to develop systemic knowledge of the fundamental concepts of management psychology, the creation of prerequisites for theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional development. The basic principles of management psychology, the personality in managerial interactions, the management of personal behavior, modern ideas about management by values, and the psychology of managing group phenomena are considered.

Radiation dosimetry and radiation safety of working with sources in nuclear medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to prepare highly qualified specialists who assess the danger from natural and man-made radiation sources, who understand the physical nature of this danger, who can reduce the real or possible radiation effect and perform dosimetric control. Topics:field of ionizing radiation; absorbed,equivalent and effective radiation dose for patients and personnel;radiation risk factors; dosimetric detectors; practical methods for calculating radiation protection;personal protective equipment; ensuring radiation safety

Radiation therapy
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to prepare specialists for work in institutions that conduct radiation therapy to patients. Topics: organization of work with ionizing radiation sources; anti-radiation protection; radiometric equipment; physical fundamentals of radiation therapy; technological bases of radiation therapy; contact exposure methods; remote methods of radiation therapy; radiation complications; chronic radiation sickness; therapy with open radioactive substances.

Ultrasound in medicine
  • Number of credits - 4
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form knowledge on the most widely used modern methods of diagnosing the human body in medicine using ultrasound. Topics: Basics of acoustics. Generation and registration of elastic vibrations. Physicotechnical foundations of the ultrasonic research method, ultrasound diagnostic equipment. Therapeutic use of ultrasound. The use of ultrasound for sterilization. Application in the diagnosis of acoustic fields and their visualization methods. Prospects for the use in medicine of the achievements of modern electronics and acoustics.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Medical nanophotonics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is the training of specialists capable of conducting optical spectral measurements of the properties of nanophotosensitizers in solutions, cell cultures and living tissues. Topics: The interaction of optical radiation with biological tissues.The main chromophores contained in biological tissues. Spectroscopic properties of biological tissues. Nanoparticles for biomedical applications.Metallic nanoparticles.Dielectric nanoparticles.Magnetic nanoparticles.Semiconductor nanoparticles. Organic nanoparticles. Optical methods in therapy.Methods and devices for spectroscopic diagnostics and photodynamic therapy.

Modern problems of physics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is the preparation of specialists for work in modern scientific areas relevant to research work and professional activities. Topics: The main stages of the development of physics. Fundamental physical theories. Modern experimental physics. The main unsolved problems of physics. The connection of physics with other sciences and technology. Fundamental and applied research. The practical application of the achievements of fundamental science. Modern advances in nuclear medicine.

Nuclear-Physical Bases of Influence of Ionizing Radiation on Biological Cells
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to investigate the mechanisms of the effects of radioactive radiation on biological objects and the formation of a response in biological objects of different levels of organization. Topics: primary nuclear-physical processes that occur in the volume of biological cells;biophysical processes that occur in the cell volume when interacting with radioactive radiation;accumulation of slags from nuclear reactions in the cell volume;cascades of atom-atom collisions in membranes and organelles;irradiation of the cell from within its volume;function "dose-effect".

Physical methods of medical diagnosis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use physical methods of medical diagnostics in their professional activities. Topics: Visualization methods; Physical research methods; CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, optical tomography; Optical diagnostic methods; Spectroscopy; Photosensory methods; Ultrasonic and acoustic diagnostic methods; X-ray, magnetochemical, electro-optical and resonant diagnostic methods; Rayleigh scattering and the Kerr effect; Electron Electrophysical diagnostic methods; Physical measurements for medical diagnosis; Use of nanoparticles in medicine.

Physics of Cell Radiobiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to calculate the risks of radiation effects at the cellular level when exposed to radioactive radiation,including the formation of free radicals,the mechanisms of destruction and the recovery of chromosomes. Topics:classification of the effects of exposure;somatic deterministic effects;stochastic effects;direct and indirect effects of radiation;oxygen effect;chromosome damage and internal repair;radiosensitivity of biological objects;relative biological efficiency;linear energy loss.

Physics of Radioisotope Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose of the discipline is to train specialists to ensure the safe storage of radiopharmaceuticals before transporting them, capable of solving the problem of routing planning and performing the delivery of manufactured radiopharmaceuticals to medical centers for their intended use, as well as temporary storage of biomedical radioactive waste. Topics:Methods for storing radiopharmaceuticals produced and nuclear medical waste.Sources and characteristics of biomedical radioactive waste; The conditions of transportation of radioactive substances; Optimization of radioactive waste management in health care facilities.

Physics of radiomutational heredity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to research the risks of radiomutational heredity when exposed to radioactive radiation. Topics: nuclear physics laws of radiation passing through living tissue, induction in it of radiation damage leading to both self-healing effects and non-relaxing phenomena in the cell, its genetic apparatus; Mendel's laws; mutational theory and classification of mutations; fundamentals of immunogenetics and oncogenetics;nonchromosomal heredity;basic mechanisms underlying the spontaneous and induced mutational process.

Production of isotopically enriched nuclides
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to produce isotopically enriched nuclides on accelerators, reactors for use in science, technology, industry, agriculture and medicine. Topics: obtaining radioisotopes on cyclotrons; production of radioisotopes in nuclear reactors; obtaining radioisotopes on microtrones and linear accelerators; radionuclide generators; production of stable and short-lived radioisotopes; obtaining radioisotopes in the Republic of Kazakhstan; determination of chemical impurities.

Radiation Biophysics in Nuclear Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to investigate the patterns of the effects of radiation on the genetic apparatus of cells of different origin. Topics: biophysics of complex systems; Arrhenius law for reaction rate constant; radiation effects in the area of low doses; inactivation of macromolecules; DNA preutational damage; types of mutations (gene and structural), quantitative patterns of the mutagenic effect of radiation on living cells.

Technology for producing radiopharmaceuticals
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose is to form the ability to apply modern methods in the production of medical radionuclides and the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals on their basis. Topics: obtaining radionuclides in nuclear reactions; experimental methods for obtaining a PH of medical purpose; selection of radionuclides for biomedical research; classification of radionuclides by production methods; production of cyclotron and reactor radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals; quality assurance methods of radiopharmaceuticals; radiotoxicity; methods and technologies for producing Тechnetium-99m.

Ultrasound in medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form knowledge on the most widely used modern methods of diagnosing the human body in medicine using ultrasound. Topics: Basics of acoustics. Generation and registration of elastic vibrations. Physicotechnical foundations of the ultrasonic research method, ultrasound diagnostic equipment. Therapeutic use of ultrasound. The use of ultrasound for sterilization. Application in the diagnosis of acoustic fields and their visualization methods. Prospects for the use in medicine of the achievements of modern electronics and acoustics.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Teaching Internship
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The main purpose of discipline is the formation of practical and educational skills for conducting lectures and seminars, creatively apply scientific and theoretical knowledge and practical skills in teaching activities obtained in the study of pedagogy, psychology, special disciplines. During the study of course, they should be competent in: - demonstrate the necessary knowledge of how to organize various types of classes (lectures, laboratory, seminar, IWST), - compilation of educational and methodological documentation and organization of educational work with students; - possess techniques and methods for the practical implementation of theoretical knowledge acquired in the field of pedagogy, psychology and vocational training.-

Data for 2021-2024 years