PHY61-107E Medical Physics

This course applies physics theory to explain natural phenomena and implement in medicine and life sciences. The contents cover anthropometry, equilibrium of forces, torque, elasticity of material, rotation, moment of inertia, angular momentum, fluid mechanics, buoyancy, viscosity, blood circulation, surface tension, capillary, osmosis, lung expansion, heat in the body, muscle, sound and response, ultrasonic wave, optical instruments, analytical instruments, fiber optics, electricity, X-ray, radioactivity, basic medical imaging using ultrasound, magnetic resonance and X-ray.