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Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine.
Many 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...
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New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| 520 | |a Many 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- APPLICATIONS OF MODERN PHYSICS IN MEDICINE -- Title -- Copyright -- 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 -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 The Meaning of the Term Modern Physics -- 1.3 Mortality -- 1.4 How to Use This Book -- Exercises -- Chapter 2 When You Visit Your Doctor: The Physics of the "Vital Signs" -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Stethoscope -- 2.3 Sphygmomanometer and Blood Pressure | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.4 Electrocardiogram -- 2.5 Physics and Physiology of Diet, Exercise, and Weight -- Exercises -- Chapter 3 Particles, Waves, and the Laws that Govern Them -- 3.1 What Is Modern Physics? -- 3.2 Light: Particle or Wave? -- 3.3 Atoms -- 3.4 Lasers -- 3.5 Relativity -- 3.6 Nuclei -- 3.7 X-Rays and Radioactivity -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 Photon and Charged-Particle Interactions with a Medium -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Mean Free Path and Cross Sections -- 4.3 Photon Interactions -- 4.4 Electron and Positron Interactions -- Exercises -- Chapter 5 Interactions of Radiation with Living Tissue | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Cell Death Due to DNA Radiation Damage -- 5.3 Dependence of Cell Survival on the Dose -- 5.4 Low Doses of Radiation -- 5.5 Radiation Dose versus Altitude -- Exercises -- Chapter 6 Diagnostic Applications I: Photons and Radionuclides -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Photons -- 6.3 X-Rays and Gamma Rays -- 6.4 Radionuclides -- 6.5 Novel Ideas for Nuclear Imaging -- Exercises -- Chapter 7 Diagnostic Applications II: MRI and Ultrasound -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- 7.3 Ultrasound -- 7.4 Multimodal Imaging -- Exercises -- Chapter 8: Applications in Treatment | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 Treatment with Radiation -- 8.3 Treatment with Particles -- 8.4 Treatment with Ultrasound -- 8.5 Treatment with Microwaves -- 8.6 Treatment with Lasers -- Exercises -- Appendix A Constants, Powers of 10, and Conversions Mentioned in the Text -- Fundamental Constants -- Powers of 10 and Their Prefixes -- Conversion Factors and Equations -- Appendix B Mortality Modeling -- Appendix C Evaluation of the Sound Field from One Transducer -- Far-field (Fraunhofer) Region -- Near-field (Fresnel) Region -- Notes -- Index | |
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