Friday, November 27, 2020

Defibrillation Mechanisms: The Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant

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“Defibrillation Mechanisms: The Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant,” by Ideker, Chattipakorn, and Gray. I’ve read many scientific pap...
Friday, November 20, 2020

The Virtual Museum of Medical Physics

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How would you like to visit a museum dedicated solely to medical physics ? Well, with COVID-19 raging, we shouldn’t visit any museums in pe...
Friday, November 13, 2020

The SIR Model of Epidemics

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In Chapter 10 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss models described by nonlinear differential equat...
Friday, November 6, 2020

International Day of Medical Physics

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Poster for the International Day of Medical Physics. Tomorrow is the International Day of Medical Physics ! This year’s theme is the “Medica...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Fundamental Limits of Spatial Resolution in PET

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In Chapter 17 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss positron emission tomography . 17.10 Positron E...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Qualifying Exams

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First page of the 2020 Physics Qualifying Exam. I have discussed the Oakland University Medical Physics PhD Qualifying Exam previously in t...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

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In Chapter 16 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss boron neutron capture therapy . Boron neutron c...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Generation of Unidirectionally Propagating Action Potentials Using a Monopolar Electrode Cuff

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Ungar et al. (1986) Ann. Biomed. Engin. , 14:437–450. In Chapter 7 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I di...
Friday, October 2, 2020

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

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Many readers of this blog live far from me—sometimes in countries on the other side of the world—and may not be interested in local topics g...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Comparative Anatomy is Largely the Story of the Struggle to Increase Surface in Proportion to Volume

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On Being the Right Size , by J. B. S. Haldane . J. B. S. Haldane ’s essay “ On Being the Right Size ” is a classic. In the first chapte...