Mark Strikman, Kevork Spartalian, Milton W. Cole

Gebundenes Buch

Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine

Beschreibung

Many remarkable medical technologies, diagnostic tools, and treatment methods have emerged as a result of modern physics discoveries in the last century--including X-rays, radiation treatment, laser surgery, high-resolution ultrasound scans, computerized tomography (CT) scans, and magnetic resonance imaging. This undergraduate-level textbook describes the fundamental physical principles underlying these technological advances, emphasizing their applications to the practice of modern medicine.

Autor

Mark Strikman, Kevork Spartalian & Milton W. Cole

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 182mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 820g
• ISBN-13: 9780691125862
• ISBN-10: 0691125864
• Artikelnr.: 40811937

Rezensionen

"With a refreshing and accessible style, this textbook grounds medical physics in familiar physical principles, making it useful for undergraduate physics teaching. This book will have a place in a wide range of biomedical science courses and medical physics undergraduate modules, and as supplementary reading for medical doctors, radiographers, and other health professionals." --Mike Partridge, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford