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Department of BME, REC

REFERENCES:
1. Jay D. Humphrey, Sherry De Lange, “An Introduction to Biomechanics: Solids and Fluids,
Analysis and Design”, Springer Science Business Media, 2004.
2. Shrawan Kumar, “Biomechanics in Ergonomics”, Second Edition, CRC Press 2007.
3. Sheraz S. Malik et. al. “Orthopaedic Biomechanics Made Easy”, Cambridge University
Press, 2015.
4. Carl J. Payton, “Biomechanical Evaluation of movement in sports and Exercise”, 2008.

BM17604 MEDICAL PHYSICS L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES
• To study the complete non-ionizing radiations including light and its effect in human body.
• To understand the principles of ultrasound radiation and its applications in medicine.
• To learn about radioactive nuclides and also the interactions of radiation with matters and how
isotopes are produced.
• To know various detectors for detecting the presence of ionizing radiation.

UNIT I NON-IONIZING RADIATION AND ITS MEDICAL APPLICATIONS 9
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 and IR in medicine.

UNIT II SOUND IN MEDICINE 9
Physics of sound, Normal sound levels –ultrasound fundamentals – Generation of ultrasound
(Ultrasound Transducer) - Interaction of Ultrasound with matter: Cavitation, Reflection,
Transmission- Scanning systems – Artifacts- Ultrasound- Doppler-Double Doppler shift-Clinical
Applications.

UNIT III PRINCIPLES OF RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES AND DECAY 9
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 INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER 9
Interaction of charged particles with matter –Specific ionization, Linear energy transfer, range,
Bremsstrahlung, Annihilation - Interaction of X and Gamma radiation with matter: Photoelectric
effect, Compton Scattering, Pair production- Attenuation of Gamma Radiation - Interaction of
neutron with matter and their clinical significance- Radionuclide used in Medicine and Technology.

UNIT V SCINTILLATION, SEMICONDUCTOR and GAS FILLED DETECTORS 9
Scintillation Detectors - Solid Scintillation Counters - Gamma-Ray Spectrometry- Liquid
Scintillation Counters-Characteristics of Counting Systems-Gamma Well Counters-Principles of
Gas-Filled Detectors - Ionization Chambers-Geiger–Müller Counters.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course students will be able to

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