VSMF011s Seminar on Medical Physics

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc.
Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Marta Vágnerová
Supplier department: Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
1. Basic concepts of physics (quantities and units, physical dimension and its importance, SI system, vectors and scalars, elements of vector calculus, how to understand physical formulas) 2. Mechanics of fluids (laws of hydrostatics, laws of hydrodynamics, law of viscous flux, laminar and turbulent flow, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, blood streaming and its particularities) 3. Sound and ultrasound (origin, description of wave motion, acoustic properties of medium, acoustic impedance, attenuation, sound perception, principles of ultrasound diagnostics) 4. Electromagnetic field and electromagnetic radiation spectrum (description of electromagnetic field and respective forces, oscillations of electromagnetic field, radiofrequency waves, microwaves, IR, VIS, UV, X-rays, gamma rays, overview of medical applications) 5. Electric current (definition, Ohm‘s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, alternating current, electric conductivity of tissues) 6. Origin and interactions of X-rays (X-ray tube, X-ray device, radiation attenuation and scattering, image formation) 7. Magnetic field and principle of MRI (origin of magnetic field, types of magnetic field, magnetic properties of different materials, magnetic moment, magnetisation vector in atomic nuclei, NMR phenomenon, relation times, chemical shift, MRI principle) 8. Optical systems – the human eye (elements of geometrical optics, optical system of the eye, ametropy and its correction) 9. Optical systems – microscope (image formation in a compound microscope, spatial resolution limit, special microscopes, electron optics, electron microscope) 10. Biological effects of ionising radiation and radiotherapy (interaction of ionising radiation with matter, radiolysis of water, molecular, cellular and systemic effects of radiation, oxygen effect) 11. Intensive ultrasound and shock waves (cavitation and other effects of ultrasound and shock waves) 12. Radioactivity and dosimetry – methods of nuclear medicine (radioactive decay – law of radioactive decay, radionuclides, main dosimetric methods, gamma camera principle) 13. Laser, fibre optics, light polarisation, importance and applications (principle of laser, fibre optics principle etc.) 14. Free theme, substitute time
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts of physics (quantities and units, physical dimension and its importance, SI system, vectors and scalars, elements of vector calculus, how to understand physical formulas) 2. Mechanics of fluids (laws of hydrostatics, laws of hydrodynamics, law of viscous flux, laminar and turbulent flow, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, blood streaming and its particularities) 3. Sound and ultrasound (origin, description of wave motion, acoustic properties of medium, acoustic impedance, attenuation, sound perception, principles of ultrasound diagnostics) 4. Electromagnetic field and electromagnetic radiation spectrum (description of electromagnetic field and respective forces, oscillations of electromagnetic field, radiofrequency waves, microwaves, IR, VIS, UV, X-rays, gamma rays, overview of medical applications) 5. Electric current (definition, Ohm‘s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, alternating current, electric conductivity of tissues) 6. Origin and interactions of X-rays (X-ray tube, X-ray device, radiation attenuation and scattering, image formation) 7. Magnetic field and principle of MRI (origin of magnetic field, types of magnetic field, magnetic properties of different materials, magnetic moment, magnetisation vector in atomic nuclei, NMR phenomenon, relation times, chemical shift, MRI principle) 8. Optical systems – the human eye (elements of geometrical optics, optical system of the eye, ametropy and its correction) 9. Optical systems – microscope (image formation in a compound microscope, spatial resolution limit, special microscopes, electron optics, electron microscope) 10. Biological effects of ionising radiation and radiotherapy (interaction of ionising radiation with matter, radiolysis of water, molecular, cellular and systemic effects of radiation, oxygen effect) 11. Intensive ultrasound and shock waves (cavitation and other effects of ultrasound and shock waves) 12. Radioactivity and dosimetry – methods of nuclear medicine (radioactive decay – law of radioactive decay, radionuclides, main dosimetric methods, gamma camera principle) 13. Laser, fibre optics, light polarisation, importance and applications (principle of laser, fibre optics principle etc.) 14. Free theme, substitute time
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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