Medical Physics: Imaging, Therapy, Materials

Description

Starting with foundations in physiology, this textbook introduces students in science, medicine and engineering in a coherent way to the physics behind modern imaging and therapy techniques, as well as bio-compatible materials and their use in prosthetics. This first volume of two covers medical foundations and medical imaging. Preface Acknowledgments Contents Part A: Physical and physiological aspects of the body 1. Brief overview of body parts and functions 2. Body mechanics and muscles 3. Elastomechanics: bones and fractures 4. Energy household of the body 5. Resting potential and action potential 6. Signal transmission in neurons 7. Electrophysical aspects of the heart 8. The circulatory system 9. The respiratory system 10. Kidneys 11. Basic mechanism of vision 12. Sound and sound perception Part B: Imaging modalities without ionizing radiation 13. Sonography 14. Endoscopy 15. Magnetic resonance imaging 16. Questions & answers List of acronyms used in this book Index