Course

Unit 1

Ultrasonics – production methods and properties – acoustic impedance – Doppler velocimetry – echo cardiography – resolution – speckle – ultrasound imaging – therapeutic use of ultrasound – use in diagnostics of cardiac problems.

X-rays – production – intensity – hard and soft X-rays – characteristic and continuous X-ray spectrum – attenuation of x-rays by hard and soft tissues – resolution – contrast X-ray imaging – fluoroscopy modes of operation – image quality – fluoroscopy suites – radiation dose – computed-aided tomography (CAT).

Unit 2

Nuclear medicine – principles of nuclear physics – natural radioactivity, decay series, type of radiation and their applications, artificially produced isotopes and its application, accelerator principles; Nuclear Isomerism, internal conversion – ideal energy for radiotherapy based on interactions. Radionuclide used in medicine – radioisotope production – dosimetry – safety – radiation hazards – PET.

Nuclear magnetic resonance physics – magnetic moment – magnetization – relaxation – nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Unit 3

• Glasser. O. Medical Physics Vol.1, 2, 3 Book Publisher Inc Chicago, 1980
• Jerraold T Bush Berg et al, The essentials physics of medical imaging, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (2002)