MEDICAL PHYSICS |
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AND ITS MEDICAL
APPLICATIONS |
Light – Physics of Light – Intensity of Light – Limits of Vision and Color Vision –
Sound – Physics of Sound – Normal Sound Levels – Ultrasound Fundamentals –
Generation of Ultrasound (Ultrasound Transducer) – Interaction of Ultrasound With
Materials – Reflection and Refraction – Absorption and Scattering – Non-Ionizing
Electromagnetic Radiation Tissue as a Leaky Dielectric – Relaxation Processes –
Overview of Non – Ionizing Radiation Effects – Low Frequency Effect – High
Frequency Effect. |
RADIOACTIVE AND ITS TYPES |
Radioactive Decay – Spontaneous Emission – Isometric Transition – Gamma Ray
Emission – Alpha – Beta – Positron Decay – Electron Capture Principles of Nuclear
Physics – Natural Radioactivity – Decay Series – Half Life Period – Type of Radiation
and their Applications – Production of Radio Nuclides – Cyclotron Produced
Radionuclide – Reactor Produced Radionuclide – Fission And Electron Capture Reaction
– Radionuclide Generator – Milking Process – Linear Accelerator – Radionuclide Used
in Medicine and Technology. |
INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER |
Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter – Specific Ionization – Linear Energy
Transfer Range – Bremsstrahlung – Annihilation Interaction of Gamma Radiations with
Matter – Photoelectric Effect – Compton Scattering – Pair Production – Attenuation
of Gamma Radiation – Interaction of Neuron with Matter. |
PHYSICS OF CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM |
The Airways – Blood And Lung Interaction – Measurement of Lung Volume – Pressure
Air Flow Volume Relationships of Lungs – Physics of Alveoli – The Breathing
Mechanism – Major Components of Cardiovascular System – O2 and CO2 exchange in
the Capillary System – Physical Activity of Heart – Transmural Pressure – Bernolli’s
Principles Applied to Cardiovascular System – Blood Flow – Laminar and Turbulent. |
RADIATION EFFECTS |
Acute Radiation Effects – The Concept of LD 50 – Radiation Syndromes – Central
Nervous System Syndrome – Gastro-Intestinal Syndrome – Bone Marrow Syndrome –
Delayed Effects of Radiation – Stochastic and Deterministic Effects – Late deterministic
effect in different organs and tissues. |
Text Books |
1. B. H. Brown, P. V. Law Ford, R. H. Small Wood , D. R. Hose , D. C. Barber,
“Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering”, CRC Press,3rd edition 1999.
2. Gopal B. Saha, “Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine” Springer, 3rd
Edition, 2006. |
Reference Books |
1. John R. Cameron and James G. Skofronick, “Medical Physics”, John–Wiley &
Sons,3rd edition, 1978.
2. R F Farr and P J Allisy Roberts, “Physics for Medical Imaging”, Saunders, 3rd
edition,1997.
3. P. Uma Devi, A. Nagarathnam, B. S. Satish Rao, “Introduction to Radiation
Biology”, B. I. Churchill Livingstone Pvt Ltd,3rd edition, 2000.
4. S. Webb, “The Physics of Medical Imaging”, Taylor and Francis, 4th edition,1988. |