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Strikman, Mark [Author]; Cole, Milton W. [Author]; Spartalian, Kevork [Author]

Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine
  • Contains: Frontmatter
    CONTENTS
    PREFACE AND GUIDE TO USING THIS BOOK
    TECHNICAL ABBREVIATIONS
    TIMELINE OF SEMINAL DISCOVERIES IN MODERN PHYSICS
    TIMELINE OF DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS IN MODERN MEDICAL PHYSICS
    CHAPTER 1 Introduction
    CHAPTER 2 When You Visit Your Doctor: The Physics of the “Vital Signs”
    CHAPTER 3 Particles, Waves, and the Laws that Govern Them
    CHAPTER 4 Photon and Charged-Particle Interactions with a Medium
    CHAPTER 5 Interactions of Radiation with Living Tissue
    CHAPTER 6 Diagnostic Applications I Photons and Radionuclides
    CHAPTER 7 Diagnostic Applications II MRI and Ultrasound
    CHAPTER 8 Applications in Treatment
    APPENDIX A Constants, Powers of 10, and Conversions Mentioned in the Text
    APPENDIX B Mortality Modeling
    APPENDIX C Evaluation of the Sound Field from One Transducer
    NOTES
    INDEX
  • Contributor: Strikman, Mark [VerfasserIn]; Cole, Milton W. [VerfasserIn]; Spartalian, Kevork [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (296 p.); 101 line illus. 4 tables
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781400865437
  • ISBN: 9781400865437
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  • Keywords: Biomedical engineering ; Diagnostic imaging ; Medical physics Textbooks ; SCIENCE / Applied Sciences ; Amplitude ; Anode ; Antiparticle ; Approximation ; Artery ; Atomic number ; Attenuation coefficient ; Attenuation ; Beta decay ; Bragg peak ; Bremsstrahlung ; CT scan ; Calculation ; Cancer cell ; Cathode ray ; Cathode ; Coefficient ; Compton scattering ; Conservation law ; Cyclotron ; [...]
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: The connections between modern physics and medical technologyMany remarkable medical technologies, diagnostic tools, and treatment methods have emerged as a result of modern physics discoveries in the last century—including X-rays, radiation treatment, laser surgery, high-resolution ultrasound scans, computerized tomography (CT) scans, and magnetic resonance imaging. This undergraduate-level textbook describes the fundamental physical principles underlying these technological advances, emphasizing their applications to the practice of modern medicine.Intended for science and engineering students with one year of introductory physics background, this textbook presents the medical applications of fundamental principles of physics to students who are considering careers in medical physics, biophysics, medicine, or nuclear engineering. It also serves as an excellent reference for advanced students, as well as medical and health researchers, practitioners, and technicians who are interested in developing the background required to understand the changing landscape of medical science. Practice exercises are included and solutions are available separately in an instructor's manual.Complete discussion of the fundamental physical principles underlying modern medicineAccessible exploration of the physics encountered in a typical visit to a doctorPractice exercises are included and solutions are provided in a separate instructor’s manual (available to professors)A companion website (modernphysicsinmedicine.com) presents supplementary materials
  • Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB