Medical Physics detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 2nd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 2nd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of medical physics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
LOW ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AND ITS MEDICAL APPLICATION 9 Physics of light, Intensity of light, limits of vision and color vision an overview, Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation: Overview of non-ionizing radiation effects-Tissue as a leaky dielectric-Low Frequency Effects- Higher frequency effects., Thermography- Application
Unit II
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Unit III
INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER LIPIDS 9 Interaction of charged particles with matter -Specific ionization, Linear energy transfer range, Bremsstrahlung, Annihilation, Interaction of X and Gamma radiation with matter- Photoelectric effect, Compton Scattering , Pair production, Attenuation of Gamma Radiation, Interaction of neutron with matter and their clinical significance
Unit IV
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Unit V
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF SOUND IN MEDICINE 9 Physics of sound, Normal sound levels, ultrasound fundamentals, Generation of ultrasound (Ultrasound Transducer), Interaction of Ultrasound with matter- Cavitations, Reflection, Transmission, Scanning methods, Artifacts, Ultrasound- Doppler effect, Clinical Applications
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- B.H. Brown, R.H. Smallwood, D.C. Barber, P.V. Lawford, D.R. Hose, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering!, Institute of physics publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia, 1999.
- Gopal B. Saha Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicinell Fourth edition Springer, 2006.
Reference Books:
- W.J. Meredith and J.B. Massey Fundamental Physics of Radiology Varghese Publishing house, Third Edition, 2013.
- Steve Webb, The Physics of Medical Imaging, Taylor & Francis, Newyork, Second Edition, 2012.
- R.S. Khandpur, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2003.
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