Biomedical Physics II - PHZ4703
  Spring 2022

  Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 4:45 PM




  Course Materials and Schedule (preliminary and subject to change)

  Textbook: Physics in Biologu and Medicine, P. Davidovits


 Lecture Date   Chapter #   Tentative Topics   Lecture Notes   Assignment due 
Week 1   Tu   01/04 - End of Winter Holidays    
  Th 01/06 12   Introduction; Review of Waves   Introduction  
Week 2   Tu   01/11 12   Sound and Waves   Waves  
  Th 01/13 12   Standing Sound Waves; Hearing and the Ear   Sound Waves   Assignment 1;  Solutions 
Week 3 Tu 01/18   12     Anatomy of the Ear; Clinical Uses of Sound   Hearing  
  Th 01/20   15     Electromagnetic Waves; Reflection & Refraction   Refraction   Assignment 2;  Solutions 
Week 4 Tu 01/25   15     Converging & Diverging Lenses; Image Formation   Lenses  
  Th 01/27 15   Vision and the Eye     Vision    
Week 5 Tu 02/01 15   Vision Correction and Optical Instruments     Vision Correction    
  Th 02/03   Midterm Exam I - UPL 212     Assignment 3;  Solutions 
Week 6 Tu 02/08 13   Electric Forces, Fields, Flux, Potential   Electricity  
  Th 02/10 13   Capacitors and Resistors   Electric Cicuits  
Week 7 Tu 02/15 13   Bioelectricity: The Nervous System, Action Potential     Nervous System    
  Th 02/17 13   Bioelectricity: Axon Circuit, Synaptic Transmission     Axon Circuit     Assignment 4;  Solutions 
Week 8 Tu 02/22 14   Electrical Technology: ECG, EEG     Electrical Technology    
  Th 02/24   Appendix B.7     Magnetism: Magnetic Field & Force     Magnetism     Assignment 5;  Solutions 
Week 9 Tu 03/01 -   Magnetic Induction; Biomagnetism: MCG, MEG     Biomagnetism    
  Th 03/03 09   Ion Transport through Neutral Membrane     Membranes    
Week 10 Tu 03/08 -   Osmosis; Edema and Hemodialysis   Hemodialysis  
  Th 03/10 16   Review of Atomic Physics     Atomic Physics     Assignment 6;  Solutions 
Week 11 Tu 03/15   SPRING BREAK    
  Th 03/17        
Week 12 Tu 03/22 16   Medical Imaging (X-Rays)     X-Rays    
  Th 03/24 16   Computerized Tomography (CT); Laser (Imaging)     Lasers     Assignment 7;  Solutions 
Week 13 Tu 03/29   Midterm Exam II - UPL 212    
  Th 03/31 17   Review of Nuclear Physics   Nuclear Physics  
Week 14 Tu 04/05 17 Dosimetry; Biological Effects of Radiation Radiation  
  Th 04/07 17 Dosimetry; Nuclear Medicine, Radionuclide Imaging Dosimetry   Assignment 8;  Solutions 
Week 15 Tu 04/12 17   Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Presentation:   MRI  
  Th 04/14 12   Doppler Effect; Ultrasound     Ultrasound    
Week 16 Tu 04/19   Presentation of Projects:    
  Th 04/21   Presentation of Projects:   Review     Assignment 9;  Solutions 
 Last Week  Mo    04/25/2022    Good Luck   FINAL EXAM, 10:00 - 12:00 Noon, UPL 212