Fundamental Physics for Probing and Imaging

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-920388-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 951 g

Physics has reduced fear and increased safety for society, largely by extending the power to see. The methods used are magnetic resonance, ionising radiation and sound, with their extensions. This textbook expounds the fundamental physics of these. It follows how they are applied by modern technology to "seeing" in clinical medicine including therapy and in other spheres of human activity such as archaeology, geophysics, security and navigation. By taking a broad view over the whole field, the book encourages comparisons, underlines the importance of public education and reaches fresh conclusions of some political importance concerning safety. This textbook has developed from a course given to third year students at Oxford and is written so that it can be used coherently as a basis for shorter courses by omitting certain chapters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allison, Wade

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Elektrizität, Elektrodynamik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Physics for security

- 2: Magnetism and magnetic resonance

- 3: Interactions of ionising radiation

- 4: Mechanical waves and properties of matter

- 5: Information and data analysis

- 6: Analysis and damage by irradiation

- 7: Imaging with magnetic resonance

- 8: Medical imaging and therapy with ionising radiation

- 9: Ultrasound for imaging and therapy

- 10: Forward look and conclusions

- Appendices: Conventions, nomenclature and units. Glossary of terms and abbreviations. Hints and answers to selected questions.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Wade Allison
Physics Department and Keble College
University of Oxford

Oxford
OX1 3PG

Wade Allison is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow of Keble College. His own field is Particle Physics to which he has made significant contributions to experiments on Quarks and Neutrinos and to the theory and application of the energy loss of relativistic charged particles in matter to the design and construction of particle detectors. He has lectured extensively on Electromagnetism and on Nuclear Structure Physics. A few years ago with Louis Lyons he initiated a course entitled ``Applications of Nuclear Physics'' from which grew the particular course that he currently lectures concerned with Medical and Environmental Physics. A growing interest in this course and an absence of suitable texts encouraged him to write this book.