Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine / / Milton W. Cole, Kevork Spartalian, Mark Strikman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Strikman, Mark,; Cole, Milton W.,; Spartalian, Kevork,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 101 line illus. 4 tables.

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

Table of Contents

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