Medical Physics detail syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (Bme), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (BM8401), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other bme 4th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Bme 4th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for medical physics is as follows.”
Course Objective:
The student should be made to:
- To study principles and effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation in human body
- To discuss the physics of the senses
- To explore the effects of radiation in matter and how isotopes are produced
- To understand various detectors for detecting the presence of ionizing radiation.
Unit I
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Unit II
Physics of the Senses
Introduction and objectives – Cutaneous sensation – The chemical senses – Audition -Vision -Psychophysics
Unit III
Principles of Radioactive Nuclides
Radioactive Decay – Spontaneous Emission – Isometric Transition – Gamma ray emission, alpha, beta, Positron decay, electron capture, Sources of Radioisotopes Natural and Artificial radioactivity, Radionuclide used in Medicine and Technology ,Decay series, Production of radionuclides – Cyclotron produced Radionuclide- Reactor produced Radio- nuclide-fission and electron Capture reaction, Target and Its Processing Equation for Production of Radionuclides, radionuclide Generator-Technetium generator.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Scintillation, Semiconductor and Gas Filled Detectors
Scintillation Detectors – Solid Scintillation Counters – Gamma-Ray Spectrometry-Liquid Scintillation Counters-Characteristics of Counting Systems-Gamma Well Counters-Thyroid Probe-Principles of Gas-Filled Detectors – Ionization Chambers-Geiger-Muller Counters
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Explain about non-ionizing radiation, interaction with tissue and its effects.
- Define and compare intensities of sensory stimuli
- Summarizes how ionizing radiation interacts with the human body, how to quantify it and its levels seen in the environment and healthcare
- Explain the fundamentals of radioactivity and radioactive isotopes
- Illustrates the methods of detecting and recording the ionizing radiation and its interaction with matter
Text Books:
- Gopal B. Saha, Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine, 4th Edition, Springer, 2013.
- B H Brown, R H Smallwood, D C Barber, P V Lawford and D R Hose, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 2nd Edition, IOP Publishers.2001.
References:
- S.Webb The Physics of Medical Imaging, Taylor and Francis, 1988
- J.P.Woodcock, Ultrasonic,Medical Physics Handbook series 1, Adam Hilger, Bristol, 2002
- HyltonB.Meire and Pat Farrant Basic Ultrasound John Wiley and Sons, 1995
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