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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
physics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Leonid Shvartsman
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Leonid Shvartsman
Course/Module description:
The recent years were the years of tremendous progress in technology of medical diagnostic and therapy. This progress is based mainly on usage of novel physical methods: biomedical optics, bio-impedance measurements, X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, ultrasound, novel methods of drug delivery, nanophysics, etc.
Course/Module aims:
This course has two key targets:
1. Basic: To expand students’ knowledge of physics in usage the basic physical concepts in normal human physiology. We are going to consider the physical basics of normal metabolism, the physics of breathing, the physics of cardio-vascular and blood circulation systems, nervous system, etc.
2. Applied: To analyze the main ideas in application of physical tools including: optical and ionizing radiation, ultrasound, lasers, thermal and magnetics technologies, in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The physical principles of ECG, EEG, pulse oximetry, novel non-invasive blood monitoring, various novel systems of imaging are going to be considered.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To get a basic understanding of basic physics of human physiology and to understand the physical basis of modern medical tests and techniques.
Attendance requirements(%):
75%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture
Course/Module Content:
T.B.A.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
1. S Webb (1991); The Physics of Medical Imaging. IOP Publishing,
2. Aviva Petrie, Caroline Sabin; Medical Statistics at a Glance. Blackwell Science Inc..
3. RK Hobbie; Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. Springer Verlag, 1997.
4. BH Brown, RH Smallwood, DC Barber, PV Lawford, and DR Hose: Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. IOP Publishing.
5. V. Tuchin, Optics of Tissue.
6. Villars, Benedek, Physics with illustrated examples from medicine and biology. Vol. 1,2., Addison Wesley Publishing Company.
7. M.Reiner Twelve lectures on theoretical rheology.
8. Knut Schmidt Nielsen, Scaling: Why is Animal Size so important? Cambridge University Press.
9. Prceeding SPIE, progress in Biomedical Optics, 1999-2009.
10. IEEE Transactions on BME. 1999-2009
11. Journal of Biomedical Optics.
Online
1. http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23012/ , 2006.
2. http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/52931/, 2007
3. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111%2Fj.0269-8463.2004.00856.x
4. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208, 1575-1592, 2007.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Do you breath? Want to understand the physics of breathing?
Do you eat? Take medicine? Want to understand the physics of metabolism?
Does your heart beat? Want to know the physics of cardiovascular system?
What about your vision and hearing? The physics of it?
What do they measure when they say: ECG, EEG, MRI, PET, CT, Ultrasound, Oximetry?
This year, this semester:
COURSE “Medical Physics for Advanced Students” #77838
3 credit points
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