COURSE SPECIFICATION

Course Code SMS122

Name of course: Medical Physics and Biophysics II

A. General information

Faculty Medical Faculty

Department
Semester (Terms Taught) Second - Spring
Level (F, A, P, 1, 2, 3, M) Freshman
Course Type Obligatory
Unit Value (ECTS) 6
Total Lectures Practical Seminars
Contact Hours
60 30 30 0
Pre-requisites Medical Physics and Biophysics I
Course relevant to other courses
Teaching Staff - Faculty
Teacher, Course Co-ordinator
Other Teachers
Assistant

B. AIMS OF THE COURSE

This course is a continuation of the course Medical Physics and Biophysics I taught in the previous
semester. This is also an introductory course giving students insight into physical principles and laws
that are needed for the understanding of processes in the physiology of the human body, anatomy,
pathology, histology, etc. While the first course covered Mechanics and Hydromechanics, this one
treats all other parts of Physics, Thermodynamics, Electricity and Magnetism, Atomic and Nuclear
Physics.
The basic aim of this course is to demonstrate on concrete biological materials the way in which
physical processes, happening in the same way throughout the Cosmos, but under different
conditions, transform into qualitatively new physiological manifestations that characterize a living
organism.
It is therefore the aim of this course to inform and equip students with basic knowledge about the
“physics of living organisms”.

C. SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE COURSE

Through seminars and laboratory work, students will be trained to use measuring devices, to collect
data from measuring apparatuses and to evaluate and interpret the measured data.

D. EXPECTED RESULTS OF TEACHING PROCESS – INTENDED LEARNING

OUTCOMES

After finishing this course, students will have acquired the ability to define basic empirical and
theoretical findings on how biological systems operate, derived out of the fundamental laws of physics.
Students will be able to understand the basic principles of modelling and experimental techniques
used in analyses of the human body. They will be able to understand the complexity of physical
manifestations occurring in “living matter”.

E. LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGIES TO BE USED

- Interactive lecturing based on learning materials given in advance.

- Seminars with tutorials on how to find solutions for various problems in the human body by
developing a quantitative deductive approach.
- Through laboratory work, students will acquire the ability and minimum skills in the usage of
measuring devices which are integrated within different medical devices

F. COURSE OUTLINE - SYLLABUS

Wee Course Topics and Teaching Units Forms of hours
k teaching

WAVES
1. SHM and Waves, Types of Waves, Superposition and Interference,
Lecture 2
Reflection, Beats and Standing Waves, Waves and Energy, Power and
Intensity Exercise 2

2. SOUND AND HEARING Lecture 2

Sound Waves in Media, Pitch and Loudness, Resonance and Sound
Exercise 2
Generation, The Doppler Effect, The Ear and Hearing

3. TEMPERATURE AND HEAT Lecture 2

Temperature. Thermal Equilibrium, Measuring Temperature, Thermal
Exercise 2
Expansion of Materials. Heat. Latent Heat. Phase Changes.

4. IDEAL GASES Lecture 2

The Gas Laws, Biological Applications, Kinetic Theory of Gases, Phase
Exercise 2
and Temperature Change, Water Vapour an the Atmosphere

5. THERMODYNAMICS AND THE BODY Lecture 2

The first Law, Energy and the Body, Thermoregulation, Temperature and
Exercise 2
Health

6. OPTICS Lecture 2
The nature of Lights, Reflection, Refraction, Dispersion
Exercise 2
GEOMETRIC OPTICS
Ray Diagrams, Mirrors (plane and spherical), Magnification, Lenses

7. THE EYE AND VISION Lecture 2

The Parts of the Eye, Emmetropia, Myopia, Hypermetropia, Astigmatism,
Exercise 2
Colour Vision

8. MIDTERM EXAM

9. WAVE OPTICS Lecture 2

Superposition and Interference, Huygens’ Principle, Diffraction,
Exercise 2
10. ATOMS AND ATOMIC PHYSICS Lecture 2
Atomic Models, The Bohr Model of the Atom. DE Broglie and Waves
Exercise 2
11. MULTIELECTRON ATOMS Lecture 2
Energy Levels. Quantum Mechanics Atomic Model. Quantum Numbers.
Exercise 2
Electronic configuration of the elements and Periodic System.

12. THE NUCLEUS AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS Lecture 2

Nuclei and Isotopes, Nuclear Forces , Nuclear Decay and Stability
Exercise 2
13. PRODUCTION OF IONISING RADIATION Lecture 2
Nuclear Decay Processes, Activity and Half-Life, X-Ray production.
Exercise 2
Ionizing radiation.

14. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONISING RADIATION Lecture 2

Mechanisms of Cell Damage, Dose and Dose Equivalent, Medical
Exercise 2
Effects and Risk

15. ELECTRICITY Lecture 2

Charge, Conductors and Insulators, , Electric Force and Electric Field,
Exercise 2
Coulomb’s Law, Electric Potential, Capacitance and Capacitors, The
Heart and ECG

F. EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Examinations % % Mark
Midterm Exam 30 95 - 100 10 A
Course Work 20 85-94 9 B
Lab Work 10 75-84 8 C
Final Exam 40 65 – 74 7 D
55-64 6 E
Total 100 Below 55 5 F

G. RECOMMENDED LITERATURE
1. Kirsten Franklin, Paul Muir, Terry Scott, Lara Wilcocks, Paul Jates, Introduction to Biological
Physics for the Health and Life Sciences, Wiley, 2010.

2. John D. Cutnell, Kennet W. Johnson, Introduction to Physics, 9th edition , International

Student Version, Wiley, 20...

H. ADDITIONAL LITERATURE
1. JA Pope: Medical Physics (second edition); Heinemann, 1989.

2. Richard P. McCall, Physics of the Human Body, The John Hopkins University Press, 2010.

3. Jerry B. Marion and William F. Hornyak, General Physics with Bioscience Essays, John
Wiiley and Sons Inc., 1985

I. LABORATORY WORK
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TOPICS
1 Law of Lenses and Optical Instruments
https://www.phywe.de/en/experimentehierarchie/physics/university/light-and-
optics/geometric-optics/p2210200

2 Instruments for Ionizing Radiation Detection: ICS 4000 and LUDLUM 2241
http://www.laurussystems.com/products/products_pdf/XRF_Catalog.pdf
http://www.atnuke.com/nuclear/INSTRUMENTATION/Lud/manuals/M2241dec00.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJLvEiidtQ

3 Electronic Personal Dosimeters – EPM Mk2

http://www.thermo.com/eThermo/CMA/PDFs/Product/productPDF_14615.pdf

4 X-Ray imaging and Fluoroscopy. Fundamental principles of X-ray spectroscopy

http://www.phywe.com/461/pid/29126/XRS-40-X-ray-structural-analysis-
upgrade-set.htm