Session |
Topic |
1. |
Chapter 9: Electricity Within the Body |
2. |
The Nervous System and the Neuron |
3. |
Electrical Potentials of Nerves |
4. |
Electrical Signals From Muscles |
5. |
Electrical Signals From the Heart |
6. |
Electrical Signals From the Brain |
7. |
Electrical Signals From the Eye |
8. |
Magnetic Signals From the Heart and Brain |
9. |
Chapter 12: Sound in Medicine
General Properties of Sound |
10. |
The Body as a Drum (Percussion in Medicine)
The Stethoscope |
11. |
Ultrasound Pictures of the Body |
12. |
Ultrasound to Measure Motion |
13. |
Physiological Effects of Ultrasound in Therapy |
14. |
Chapter 14: Light in Medicine
Measurement of Light and Its Units
Applications of Visible Light in Medicine |
15. |
Applications of Ultraviolet and Infrared Light in Medicine |
16. |
Lasers in Medicine |
17. |
Applications of Microscopes in Medicine |
18. |
Chapter 16: Physics of Diagnostic X-Rays
Production of X-Ray Beams |
19. |
How X-Rays Are Absorbed |
20. |
Making an X-Ray Image |
21. |
Radiation to Patients From X-Rays |
22. |
Producing Live X-Ray Images- Fluoroscopy |
23. |
X-Ray Slices of the Body |
24. |
Radiographs Taken Without Film |
25. |
Chapter 17: Physics of Nuclear Medicine
Review of Basic Characteristics and Units of Radioactivity |
26. |
Sources of Radioactivity for Nuclear Medicine |
27. |
Statistical Aspects of Nuclear Medicine |
28. |
Basic Instrumentation and Its Clinical Applications |
29. |
Nuclear Medicine Imaging Devices |
30. |
Physical Principles of Nuclear Medicine Imaging Procedures |
31. |
Therapy With Radioactivity |
32. |
Radiation Doses in Nuclear Medicine |
33. |
Chapter 18: Physics of Radiation Therapy
The Dose Units Used in Radiotherapy – the Rad and the Gray |
34. |
Principles of Radiation Therapy |
35. |
A Short Course in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning |
36. |
Megavoltage Therapy |
37. |
Short Distance Radiotherapy or Brachytherapy |
38. |
Other Radiation Sources |
39. |
Chapter 19: Radiation Protection in Medicine
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Radiation Protection Units and Limits |
40. |
Radiation Protection Instrumentation |
41. |
Radiation Protection in Diagnostic Radiology
Radiation Protection in Radiation Therapy
Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine |
42. |
Chapter 17: Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic Moments in external Magnetic Fields
Magnetization |
43. |
Relaxation Times |
44. |
Some Useful Pulse Sequences |