Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, July 29, 2022

Essential Concepts in MRI

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Essential Concepts in MRI , by Yang Xia . Suppose you’ve read Chapter 18 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology covering magnetic...
Friday, July 22, 2022

FLASH

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In radiotherapy , a dose of radiation is usually not given all at once, but instead is applied in fractions . In Intermediate Physics for M...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Medical Physics for World Benefit

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Screenshot of the website Medical Physics for World Benefit, www.mpwb.org . In the last two blog posts ( here and here ), I discussed the b...
Friday, July 8, 2022

The Physics of Radiology

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The Physics of Radiology , by Johns and Cunningham. In last week’s blog post , I reviewed the recently published book True Tales of Medical ...
Friday, July 1, 2022

True Tales of Medical Physics: Insights into a Life-Saving Specialty

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True Tales of Medical Physics: Insights into a Live-Saving Specialty , by Jacob Van Dyk . I’ve found the perfect book for readers of Interme...
Friday, June 24, 2022

Specific Heat Capacity

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One of the most important parameters in thermodynamics is the specific heat capacity . In Chapter 3 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine a...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Limping

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In Chapter 1 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss biomechanics . One of our most important examples...
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Friday, June 10, 2022

The Genetics of Cystic Fibrosis

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In Appendix H of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I briefly mention the severe lung disease cystic fibrosis ...
Friday, June 3, 2022

Roger Bacon, Biological Physicist

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The Story of Civilization , by Will and Ariel Durant . About a year ago I began reading the eleven-volume series The Story of Civilization ...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Radiology in Our Changing Climate: A Call to Action

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Schoen et al. (2021) “Radiology in Our Changing Climate: A Call to Action,” JACR , 18:1041–1043. Lately I’ve been thinking more and more ab...
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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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