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Bio Physics I
This course will enable the students to -
This course provides knowledge of the operation and principles used in the systems and procedures associated with the clinical track. It acquaints the students with radiation and radioactivity, its properties, units of measure, dosimetry measurement concepts and methods, safe limits of radiations exposure and precautions to work with e.m. radiation and nuclear radiation etc.
Course Outcomes (COs):
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PHY 214 |
Bio Physics-I (Theory)
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The students will be able to –
CO55: Learn about the human body, its anatomy, physiology and bio Physics, exploring its performance as a physical machine.
CO56: Understand the working of various diagnostic tools , medical imaging techniques and therapeutic applications.
CO57: Know about the units of radiations and their safety limits, the devises to detect and measure radiation, such as the Geiger-Mueller counter and scintillation counter.
CO58: Gain functional knowledge regarding need for radiological protection and the sources of an approximate level of radiation exposure for treatment purposes.
CO59: The student develops background knowledge to take up higher studies/research in inter-disciplinary areas such as application of Physics in Life Sciences etc. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Power point presentations, Problem solving in tutorials, visit to a medical college/university.
Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Additional learning through online Video MOOCs courses .
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Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems , Assignments, Presentations |
Acoustics of the body : Nature and characteristics of sound, Production of speech, Physics of the ear, ear defects and their corrections.
Optical system of the body: Physics of the eye. Eye defects and their correction
Modern medical imaging systems and therapeutic equipments: Ultrasonic imaging system- principles of ultra sound imaging system, biological effects of ultrasound,haemodialysis machine, portable kidney machine, anaesthesia machine, ventilators.
Biomedical recorders and patient monitoring systems: Electrocardiograph (ECG), Electroencephalograph (EEG),Electromyography (EMG), cardiac monitor,cardiac pacemakers measurement of heart rate, measurement of pulse rate, measurement of blood pressure, blood flow meter, measurement of temperature, blood gas analysers, blood cell counters, oximetry, audiometers and hearing aids.
Laser applications in biomedical field: radiotherapy and telemedicine
LASER- principles of operation, use, types and LASER safety,
Radiotherapy- principles, dosage data for clinical applications, Gamma Camera, Positron Emission Tomography, Cobalt-60 machine, Therapeutic application of radio isotopes, application of UV radiation for treatments, biological effects of radiation and ultrasound.
Radiation Safety Management: Principles of radiation protection. Biological effects of radiation, Radiation monitors, Steps to reduce radiation public. International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) principles, justification, optimization, limitation, introduction of safety and risk management of radiation. Nuclear waste and disposal management.
- Medical Physics – J. R. Cameron & J. G. Skofronick.
- Basis Radiological Physics – Dr. K. Thayalam.
- Christenson’s Physics of Diagnostic Radiology : Curry, Dowday&Murry.
- Physics of Human body – Irering P. Herman
- Pysics of Radiation Therapy – F M Kahn
- Essential Physics of Medical Imaging
- C. H. Best and N. B. Taylor, A Test in Applied Physiology, Williams and Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1999.
- C. K. Warrick, Anatomy and Physiology for Radiographers, Oxford University Press, 2001.
