Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, May 30, 2014

Pierre Auger and Lise Meitner

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Last week in this blog, I discussed Auger electrons and their role in determining the radiation dose to biological tissue. This week, I wou...
Friday, May 23, 2014

The Amazing World of Auger Electrons

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When analyzing how ionizing radiation interacts with biological tissue, one important issue is the role of Auger electrons . In the 4th edi...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Paul Callaghan (1947-2012)

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Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy , by Pual Callaghan. Russ Hobbie and I are hard at work on the 5th edition of Int...
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Friday, May 9, 2014

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the IEEE TBME

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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering . One journal that I have published in several times is the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Research and Education at the Crossroads of Biology and Physics

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The May issue of the American Journal of Physics (my favorite journal) is a “theme issue” devoted to Research and Education at the Crossro...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Bernard Cohen and the Risk of Low Level Radiation

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In the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the work of physicist Bernard Cohen (1924-...
Friday, April 18, 2014

The Periodic Table in IPMB

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The periodic table of the elements summarizes so much of science, and chemistry in particular. Of course, the periodic table is crucial in ...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Bilinear Interpolation

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If you know the value of a variable at a regular array of points ( x i ,y j ), you can estimate its value at intermediate positions ( x,y ) ...
Friday, April 4, 2014

17 Equations that Changed the World

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In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations that Changed the World , by Ian Stewart. Ian Stewart ’s book In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

The Correspondence Between Sir George Gabriel Stokes and Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs

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I recently obtained through interlibrary loan a copy of The Correspondence Between Sir George Gabriel Stokes and Sir William Thomson, Baron ...
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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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