Medical Physics. Physical Aspects of the Human Body / / Hartmut Zabel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Zabel, Hartmut,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 2nd, completely revised edition
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM ; Volume 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVII, 513 p.)

The updated edition of the first of three volumes on Medical Physics focuses even more on body systems related to physical principles such as body mechanics, energy balance, and action potentials. Thanks to numerous newly incorporated didactic features, the introductory text into the broad fi eld of medical physics is easy to understand and supports self-study. New: highlighted boxes emphasize special topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired competence, and exercises. The appendix contains answers to questions and solutions to exercises.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Brief overview of body parts and functions -- 2 Body mechanics and muscles -- 3 Elastomechanics: beams, bones, and fractures -- 4 Energy household of the body -- 5 Resting potential and action potential -- 6 Signal transmission in neurons -- 7 Electrophysical aspects of the heart -- 8 The physical aspects of the circulatory system -- 9 Physical aspects of the respiratory system -- 10 Physical aspects of the urinary system -- 11 Physical aspects of vision -- 12 Sound, sound perception, and balance -- 13 Prosthetics -- Appendix -- 14 Answers to questions -- 15 Solutions to exercises -- 16 List of acronyms (used in all three volumes) -- 17 Selection of fundamental physical constants, conversions, and relationships -- 18 List of scientists named in this volume -- 19 Glossary -- 20 Index of terms