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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