Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, December 25, 2020

The Mathematical Approach to Physiological Problems

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In Chapter 2 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I analyze decay with multiple half-lives, and practice fitt...
Friday, December 18, 2020

Life at Low Reynolds Number

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“Life at Low Reynolds Number,” by Edward Purcell . In Chapter 1 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I cite E...
Friday, December 11, 2020

Selig Hecht (1892-1947)

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Selig Hecht , History of the Marine Biological Laboratory, http://hpsrepository.asu.edu/handle/10776/3269 . In Chapter 14 of Intermediate Ph...
Friday, December 4, 2020

Role of Virtual Electrodes in Arrhythmogenesis: Pinwheel Experiment Revisited

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The Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology , with a figure from Lindblom et al. on the cover. Twenty years ago, I published an articl...
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...
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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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