Medical Physics detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (MECH) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MECH 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 Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MECH 6th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to MECH Open Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of medical physics is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Non-Ionizing Radiation and its Medical Applications
Introduction to EM waves – Tissue as a leaky dielectric – Relaxation processes: Debye model, Cole-Cole model- Overview of non-ionizing radiation effects-Low Frequency Effects- Higher frequency effects. Physics of light-Measurement of light and its unit- limits of vision and color vision an overview – Applications of ultraviolet in medicine, Thermography.
Unit II
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Unit III
Principles of Radioactive Nuclides and Decay
Introduction to Radioisotopes – Radioactive decay : Spontaneous Fission, Isomeric Transition, Alpha Decay, Beta Decay, Positron Decay, Electron Capture- Radioactive decay equations – Half life- Mean Life- Effective half-life – Natural and Artificial radioactivity, – Production of radionuclide -Cyclotron produced Radionuclide – Reactor produced Radionuclide: fission and electron Capture reaction, Target and Its Processing Equation for Production of Radionuclide – Radionuclide Generator-Technetium generator.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Radiation Effects and Regulations
Classification of Radiation Damage, Stochastic and Deterministic Effects, Acute Effects of Total Body Irradiation, Long-Term Effects of Radiation, Risk Versus Benefit in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Risk of Pregnant Women, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ALARA Program, Medical Uses of Radioactive Materials, Survey for Contamination and Exposure Rate, Dose Calibrators and Survey Meters, Bioassay, Radioactive Waste Disposal.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- 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. (Unit I and II)
- Gopal B. Saha, Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine, 4th Edition, Springer, 2013. (Unit III and IV)
- R.Hendee and Russell Ritenour Medical Imaging Physics, Fourth Edition William, Wiley-Liss, 2002. (Unit V)
References:
- S.Webb The Physics of Medical Imaging, Taylor and Francis, 1988
- HyltonB.Meire and Pat Farrant Basic Ultrasound John Wiley and Sons, 1995
- John R Cameran , James G Skofronick Medical Physics John-Wiley and Sons. 1978
- W.J.Meredith and J.B. Massey Fundamental Physics of Radiology Third edition, Varghese Publishing house. 1992
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem, visit MECH 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
For all Mechanical Engineering results, visit Anna University MECH all semester results direct link.