Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, January 25, 2008

More on "Medical Physics: the Perfect Intermediate Level Physics Class"

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Nelson Christensen 's article “ Medical Physics: the Perfect Intermediate Level Physics Class ” ( European Journal of Physics , Volume 2...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Term Papers

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My friend and the senior author of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie , sent me this blog entry to share with you a...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Point/Counterpont

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When teaching Medical Physics at Oakland University , I have found an excellent way to expose students to current issues in the field: discu...
Friday, January 4, 2008

More from the Preface

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From the preface of the 3rd edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , written by Russ Hobbie. This book... is intended t...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Top Ten Biological Physics Books

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Each year at this time, we are bombarded by top ten lists, such as “Top Ten News Stories of 2007” or “Top Ten Movies of the Year.” Russ Hob...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Should the Premed Requirements in Physics be Changed?

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Nearly 30 years ago, Abraham Liboff and Michael Chopp —both faculty members at Oakland University —published an article in the American Jou...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Technetium Shortage

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The shutdown of a nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario has caused a shortage of an isotope of technetium (Tc-99m) used for medical imagin...
Friday, December 7, 2007

Is Computed Tomography Safe?

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Drs. David Brenner and Eric Hall recently warned that the increased popularity of CT scans, particularly in children, can lead to an incre...
Friday, November 30, 2007

What Should Every Biological Physicist Know?

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Is there a common core of knowledge that every medical or biological physicist should know? Oakland University has a Medical Physics PhD p...
Friday, November 23, 2007

A "Citation Index" for Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

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Who does Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology cite most? I went through the index of our book and tallied the number of entries f...
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I am an emeritus professor of physics at Oakland University, and coauthor of the textbook Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. The purpose of this blog is specifically to support and promote my textbook, and in general to illustrate applications of physics to medicine and biology.
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