Medical Physics—Duke Kunshan University (MS)

Program Code: K-MPH-MS
Degree Designation: Master of Science
Department: Medical Physics
Website: medicalphysics.dukekunshan.edu.cn

Program Summary

Medical physics is a discipline that applies physics to the needs of medicine, and has been instrumental in the development of the medical fields of radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine. The medical physics graduate program offers an MS degree, and is organized into three academic tracks: diagnostic imaging physics, radiation oncology physics, and nuclear medicine physics. Graduates are trained for employment opportunities in academic settings, clinical service, industry, or government labs. The medical physics program is a collaborative interdisciplinary program, and the faculty is drawn from Duke Kunshan University and from sponsoring departments of the medical physics program at Duke University, which are radiology, radiation oncology, occupational and environmental safety (health physics), biomedical engineering, and physics. MS thesis projects may be performed with co-advisors from Duke Kunshan University and the medical physics program at Duke University. Current research interests of the faculty include magnetic resonance imaging and microscopy, advanced digital imaging instrumentation and algorithms, detector and display characterization, computer-aided diagnosis, ultrasound, monoclonal antibody imaging and therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, on-board imaging in radiation therapy, SPECT and PET imaging, neutron-stimulated imaging, and dosimetry.

Academic Requirements

All students take common core courses in the first year, followed by concentration in a major track of study. The first semester of the second year is on the Duke University campus in Durham, North Carolina, where students attend classes and work on MS thesis research. The summer between first and second years may also be on the Durham campus, working on MS thesis research.