Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, August 26, 2022

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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When I was at the National Institutes of Health in the early 1990s, I worked on transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain. In Chapter...
Friday, August 19, 2022

The Loudest Sound

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In Table 13.1 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I list the approximate intensity levels of various sounds,...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature

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Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature , by Richard Rhodes. I often become interested in the writing of a particular author and read seve...
Friday, August 5, 2022

Energy: A Human History

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In Chapter 2 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I have an end-of-chapter homework problem about consuming a...
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...
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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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